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If there are any things that you eat that are really easy to prepare (not more difficult than cooking pasta), Vaporeon wants to hear about it
1) put oil to large skillet or pot
2) add a sprig of thyme and two drained cans of chickpeas. stir for a couple minutes
3) add some tomato paste and stir.
4) add 6 cups of water and bring to a boil
5) add a pound of some small pasta, or spaghetti noodles broken into small pieces
6) stir periodically so noodles don't stick to bottom
7) serve with cheese and red pepper flakes
@wallhackio Can you help me make this dish this evening? I'm still confused about some things, but if you're online to explain, I will try it.
@vaporeon_ oh hey vappy, I'm very late to this. Do you still have questions?
@wallhackio @vaporeon_ I'm (probably? we're blendy right now) still switched in right now, but Vaporeon was confused about how you don't add any water to the chickpeas. Do you really just add a little oil and the chickpeas and expose them directly to the heat, without any water?
@wadi @vaporeon_ yeah the oil infused with rosemary will add some flavor to the chickpeas :)
You stir them around for a minute or so to let flavors get to know each other and then add water afterwards
But if you want to keep things simple you can just add water with the chickpeas immediately that will also be good
@wallhackio @wadi @vaporeon_ spices and herbs are fat-soluble so you’ll get much stronger infusion of the rosemary flavor if you cook the chickpeas in oil you cooked some rosemary in. this is a generally useful thing to know; your basic mediterranian rice is cooked on the same purrinciple
a basic mediterranian rice
@wallhackio @wadi @vaporeon_ in a pot, sautee onions and garlic in butter. add salt, peppur at the very least
add rice; stir briefly
add an equal volume of water to the amount of rice you added and reduce the heat to simmer; cook covered fur 15–20 minutes
that’s it now you got flavorful rice
@aescling @wallhackio @vaporeon_ OK, I guess I'll cook the mashed chickpeas with the oil and the thyme (why are y'all suddenly saying "rosmary" instead of "thyme"?)... Y'all just need to tell me how much oil I need.