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 Post subject: Re: Wasteland of Odd Ingredients, Chapter 1, Chickpea Flour
PostPosted: Fri Aug 09, 2013 12:34 pm 
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I've always wanted to try socca, thanks to David Lebovitz's blog.

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 Post subject: Re: Wasteland of Odd Ingredients, Chapter 1, Chickpea Flour
PostPosted: Fri Aug 23, 2013 10:04 pm 
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So I just checked out Duguid's Burma from the library. Apparently the Burmese use Chickpea flour a lot. For example, they boil it with water and a little turmeric, let it cool until firm, then cut it into squares and call it "Shan Tofu". They also make a soup with chickpea flour and noodles.

LMK if you want any of these before I return the book.

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 Post subject: Re: Wasteland of Odd Ingredients, Chapter 1, Chickpea Flour
PostPosted: Sat Aug 24, 2013 4:25 pm 
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I read that as "sham tofu", and wondered why anyone would bother to make fake tofu for any reason. Although if you are allergic to soy.....


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PostPosted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 10:41 am 
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Dori has a recipe for socca in "Around My French Table."


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PostPosted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 5:21 am 
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Josh, I just got that book for my daughter and planned to copy some recipes when I visit her in NYC next month.
I also have "Around My French Table", so will have a look. That flour is still sitting there.
It has a bit of an odd, yet familiar, taste that I couldn't place at first and then had a memory flash. When I was about 7 or 8, my parents bought us a game called "Don't Spill the Beans" (it wasn't Christmas or anything, which was very out of character). It was a balancing game that came with a plastic bean pot and real dried beans. I don't know how often we played the game, but we were fascinated with those beans and at one time soaked them in water and tried to eat them.

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 Post subject: Re: Wasteland of Odd Ingredients, Chapter 1, Chickpea Flour
PostPosted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 7:50 am 
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I've fried a variety of things in chickpea flour. The classic is okra, but I've done a bunch of other kinda random things (my brain is at a loss right now). Mostly it has turned out well. It needs to be something not too subtle.


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Mary, Ottolenghi has a recipe for soccas on the internet from his book "Plenty". I love the tomatoes he serves atop them.

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Found it on the web. How do these soccas taste?

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 9:32 pm 
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Becky,

It's "Shan". The Shan are one of the various ethnic groups of Burma, and apparently they like chickpeas; most of the recipes with chickpeas in them are "Shan this" or "Shan that".

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Mary, I didn't use his socca recipe, just the tomatoes and onions. I used my favourite socca recipe from an old Bon Appetit. It has cumin in it and I really love it. I'll post it if you want it.

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