World Flavors Cookbook

Topik (Chickpea Dumplings)

Name: Topik (Chickpea Dumplings)
Cook time: 30 min
Cuisine: Armenia
Ingredients: Shell: 2 cups chickpeas (boiled and mashed), 1 cup boiled potato. Filling: 1 kg onions (caramelized), 1 cup tahini, currants, pine nuts, cinnamon.

A unique Lenten dumpling with a chickpea and potato shell and a sweet and savory onion and tahini filling.

Cuisine: Armenia

Ingredients

Shell: 2 cups chickpeas (boiled and mashed), 1 cup boiled potato. Filling: 1 kg onions (caramelized), 1 cup tahini, currants, pine nuts, cinnamon.

Instructions

1. Mash chickpeas and potato into a smooth dough. 2. Prepare the filling by slow-cooking onions until very sweet, then mixing with tahini and spices. 3. Place a ball of dough on a piece of cheesecloth, flatten, add filling, and tie the cloth into a ball. 4. Simmer the balls in water for 20 mins. 5. Let cool and serve sliced.