"This was a great soup! Very easy to make and super flavorful! The only change I made was I added some tomato paste to the onions while they were cooking to really bump up the tomoato flavor. Great recipe Ina, as usual!"

"I read other member's reviews before attemtpting this recipe. I did get the chickpeas to come out crunchy but it took a bit of work and some planning. Here's how I did it...I drained and rinsed the chickpeas then spread them out on a cookie sheat lined with tinfoil and put a piece of papertowel over them and let them sit out overnight. The next day I just kept drying them off with papertowels and removed as many of the skins as I could. Then I prebaked them, plain, in a 400 degree oven for 10 mins. Then I seasoned them (I was a little more liberal with the seasonings and added garlic powder) and put them back in the oven for 30 min. They came out crunchy and delicious! I would like to try these with some different seasonings next time seeing as how I'm not a huge fan of cumin. Hope this helped! :o)