Persian vegetable soup with chickpeas
A comforting Persian vegetable soup, featuring soaked chickpeas, pumpkin, and kale, seasoned with cinnamon, turmeric, and paprika.
This Persian vegetable and chickpea soup is a hearty and flavorful dish, infused with cinnamon and turmeric.
Ingredients and directions
- Prep time20 min
- Cook time1 hr 30 min
- Total1 hr 50 min
- DifficultyEasy
- CostBudget
- Cooking methodCooking in a saucepan
- Estimated cost$4.45 $0.74 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.
Ingredients
people
- $1.04
- $0.41
- $0.62
- $0.16
- $0.16
- $0.18
- $0.05
- $0.04
- $0.32
- $0.04
- $0.10
- $0.08
- $0.43
- $0.82
Prices from US supermarkets for 6 of 14 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.
Directions
- Mix all the powders and spices together. ≈ 4 min
- Cook the onion, carrots, and celery in water with the spices for an hour.
- Add the cooked chickpeas and the Jerusalem artichokes. When the Jerusalem artichokes are half-cooked, add the pumpkin, then the cabbage once the pumpkin is cooked. ≈ 3 min
- Add the kale at the very end. When it is tender, turn off the heat. ≈ 3 min
The bill
Persian vegetable soup with chickpeas
- 300 g of dried chickpeas, soaked overnight$1.04
- 200 g of onion$0.41
- 200 g of carrots$0.62
- 2 stalks of celery, chopped$0.16
- 17 grams of chopped garlic$0.16
- 1 chicken bouillon cube (10 g)$0.18
- 2 grams of ground cinnamon$0.05
- 1.5 grams of dried parsley$0.04
- 3 grams of black pepper$0.32
- 5 grams of salt$0.04
- 1 gram of turmeric$0.10
- 2 grams of paprika$0.08
- 200 g of ground apples, diced$0.43
- 350 g of curly kale$0.82
Total$4.45
that's $0.74 per person
Estimated price; varies by store.
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