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How to cook chickpeas in an instant pot | Instant Pot Chickpeas soaked

How to cook chickpeas in an instant pot - step-by-step recipe to make soft chickpeas in Instant Pot from dried chickpeas. Cooking this protein-rich nutritious legume now got easier!
Course Appetizer, Breakfast, Curries, Salad, snacks
Cuisine All
Keyword Chickpeas, Garbanzo Beans
Cook Time 10 minutes
Soak Time 8 hours
Total Time 8 hours 10 minutes
Servings 4 people
Author Niveditha

Equipment

  • Instant Pot
  • Colander

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Dried Chickpeas / Garbanzo Beans
  • 3 + 3 cups Water
  • 1 tsp Rock Salt , (optional)

Instructions

Soaking:

  • In a clean bowl, add the dried chickpeas along with 3 cups of water.
  • Cover with a lid and leave it on your kitchen counter for about 8 hours*.

Cooking:

  • After 8 hours drain the soaked chickpeas using a colander and run it through tap water to wash.*
  • Once washed, add the soaked chickpeas to the Instant Pot. Pour in the remaining 3 cups of water. Add the salt (if using)
  • Cover with the Instant Pot lid and set it to PRESSURE COOK mode for 10 minutes.
  • After the cooking cycle, Quick Release and open the lid.
  • Use it in salads or curries!

Notes

  • USE THE SERVING SIZE ADJUSTOR ABOVE TO ALTER THE INGREDIENT MEASUREMENTS FOR AS MANY NUMBER OF PEOPLE YOU LIKE.
  • I use a 6-quart Instant Pot. Cook time may vary for other models/sizes.
  • I usually soak it for 8 hours and the 10 minute cook time is in accordance to the soak time. If you soak it for less or more hours, you need to adjust the cook time accorndingly.
  • I recommend that you soak it for at least 6 hours.
  • If you're using salt, the resulting chickpeas would be great to eat just on its own or you can use it in salads. However, if using in curries, you might wanna adjust the amount of salt being added to the curry. Or skip salt while cooking the chickpeas.
  • Cooked chickpeas stays good in the refrigerator for about 2-3 days and it freezes well.
  • Use the water used for cooking Chickpeas to make Aquafaba.