Air Fryer Green Chickpeas

The new superfood snack with turmeric, crisp curry leaves and coconut oil and coconut chips! Crisp on the outside, soft and delicious on the inside!

Did you know that green chickpeas are the new healthy snack? They are tender young chickpeas picked at the peak of freshness and are nutrition packed. Green chickpeas are high in protein and fiber, and have a low glycemic index, making them the perfect superfood. And best of all, you will get hooked on their unique tender taste.

I remember in India, the fresh plants with the tender green chickpeas in pods, called harbhara in Marathi, were sold as street food and as we walked home from college we would snack on them.

Another memory I have is that of the Chaitra haldi kunku. With Gudi Paadwa tomorrow, the Hindu New Year begins with the auspicious month of Chaitra. Women get together to celebrate and are presented with the dark brown variety of chickpeas. My mom would attend several of these haldi kunku celebrations and we would have all this chana/ brown chickpeas at home. That is when she would make the roasted chana with coconut chips. What a yummy way to get protein right?

My air fryer recipe is simple yet moreish and I have to confess I used the frozen green chickpeas, so it was a breeze to make and tasted just as good as the fresh. The texture of the air fried chickpeas and even the crisp curry leaves was simply lip smacking.

Enjoy this scrumptious, guilt free, protein rich super snack!

Love,

❤

Sandhya