chickpea

IPA: tʃˈɪkpiʌ

An annual Asian plant (Cicer arietinum) in the pea family, widely cultivated for the edible seeds in its short inflated pods.
A seed of this plant, often used as a food.

Examples of "chickpea" in Sentences

I love chickpeas, plus the word chickpea is as cute as it gets.
Batata Vada is the ball of potato dipped in chickpea batter and fried in hot peanut oil.
Easycrafts makes a saatvic chole that look nice and creamy and the secret in chickpea flour.
Mashed potatoes spiced right and dipped in chickpea flour that coats the ball of potates in a thin coat.
The name chickpea traces back through the French chiche to Latin cicer (from which the Roman cognomen Cicero was taken).
Dee of Ammalu's Kitchen transforms plain chickpea flour into a steaming hot bowl of Methi Pitla with the addition of a handful of aromatic methi leaves.
It sold tea and coffee and well as Maggi noodles; and get this, "Maggi pakodas", fried snacks using cooked maggi noodles dunked in chickpea batter (instead of the usual veggies)!