2007-02-23 12:27:28 · 8 answers · asked by answerb4midnight 3 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
GARBANZO BEAN
Garbanzo Beans or chickpeas are the most widely consumed legume in the world. Originating in the Middle East, they have a firm texture with a flavor somewhere between chestnuts and walnuts. Garbanzo beans are usually pale yellow in color. In India there are red, black, and brown chickpeas.
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Chick pea and garbanzo bean are 2 names for the same thing (Cicer arietinum) a member of the Pea family (Fabaceae). They are also called ceci (Italy), Egyptian pea, gram, Kichererbse (Germany), and revithia (Greece).
Garbanzo is the name used in Spanish speaking countries. The English name chickpea comes from the French chiche, which comes from the Latin cicer.
Chickpeas or garbanzo beans have 361 calories per 100g, and are rich in carbohydrates, proteins, phosphorus, calcium and iron.
2007-02-23 12:31:08 · answer #1 · answered by kosmoistheman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A rose by any other name!!! There are numerous foods and things that have interesting names in different parts of the country. Its not really "why" they are the same, but merely that they are the same, only known differently. I grew up where we had "pinenuts" that we gathered from fallen pine cones in the fall. When I came to the city, I discovered that they were now "pignolia" nuts and were quite expensive! And did you also know that "lingonberries" were also wild cranberrys? Go figure!
2007-02-23 12:33:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The chickpea, or chick pea, or garbanzo bean are also ceci bean, bengal gram, chana or channa (Cicer arietinum). They are edible legume (English "pulse") of the family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae.
2007-02-23 12:32:41 · answer #3 · answered by Kalistrat 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a legume; OK, beans and peas are similar except peas have more sugars and beans have more fiber. Call them beans and eat till you drop!
2016-03-29 09:21:36 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Different names for the same thing from different places. I believe they come from the Mediterranian area.
2007-02-23 12:32:05 · answer #5 · answered by macruadhi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Regional & language differences ,do not alter the item,merely the name.
2007-02-23 12:49:56 · answer #6 · answered by dee k 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
different geographical locations use different names for the same thing.....
2007-02-23 12:34:27 · answer #7 · answered by medgirl83 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because they are the same thing
2007-02-23 12:35:23 · answer #8 · answered by flyingcarabao 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋