A vegetarian main dish with lots of taste and texture that is particularly good serve over white or brown rice.
Makes 4 main-dish servings
- 1 cup dried chick-peas, picked over and rinsed
- ¾ cup finely crumbled feta cheese
- 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
- 4 medium-size tomatoes
- Salt and pepper
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 large onion, coarsely chopped
- 1 large sweet red pepper, cored, seeded and coarsely chopped
- 1¼ teaspoons leaf marjoram, crumbled
- 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 1 large yellow squash, cut into chunks
- 1 large zucchini, cut into chunks
- Combine chick-peas and enough water to cover in large saucepan ; refrigerate and soak 24 hours.
- Drain beans, return to saucepan, add enough water to cover beans by 1 inch.
- Bring to boiling over high heat ; lower heat, cover and simmer for 1 to 1½ hours or until beans are tender, add more liquid if necessary.
- Drain beans ; transfer to lightly greased shallow 2-quart baking dish.
- Stir in feta and mustard ; chop 2 of the tomatoes and stir into beans with salt and pepper.
- Preheat oven to 375F.
- Heat 1 tablespoon oil in large skillet over medium heat ; add onion, sweet pepper and marjoram.
- Sauté 5 minutes or until onion is softened ; add garlic and sauté 2 minutes, stir into beans mixture.
- Heat remaining tablespoon oil in same skillet ; add yellow squash and zucchini, sauté 5 minutes.
- Meanwhile, seed and chop remaining 2 tomatoes and stir into squash mixture.
- Spoon over bean mixture and cover dish with aluminium foil.
- Bake in preheated oven for 45 minutes.
Note : You can substitute 3 cups drained and rinsed, canned chick-peas (2 cans/16 ounces each) for the dried chick-peas. Reduce the salt and begin with step 4.
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