Loubieh bi zeit: olive oil green beans with chickpeas and pita

Ingredients

For 1 serving

• Green beans250 g
• Cooked chickpeas150 g
• Tomatoes200 g
• Onion70 g
• Garlic2 cloves
• Allspice1 pinch
• Extra virgin olive oil12 g
• Whole wheat pita1
• Saltto taste

Contains: gluten,

In season: June – September

Method

1. Top the green beans, wash them and halve them if long. Peel and chop the onion, crush the garlic and cut the tomatoes into roughly 2 cm pieces.
2. Heat the oil in a pan over medium-low heat and sweat the onion and garlic for 5 minutes, until the onion is soft and translucent.
3. Add the beans, tomatoes, allspice and a pinch of salt; stir, cover and cook over low heat for 25 minutes, stirring now and then, until the beans are very tender and the tomatoes have collapsed into a sauce. Add a splash of water if it gets too dry.
4. Drain and rinse the chickpeas, add them and heat for another 5 minutes; taste and adjust the salt.
5. Warm the pita in a pan for a minute and serve the beans lukewarm, as is traditional, with the pita.