Simmered Chickpeas

A popular snack and appetizer, especially in wintertime, when it always smells as though there is a pot of lablabi cooking somewhere in the neighborhood. It is sold by vendors, whose catchy phrase malih wtayyib il lablabi (‘The chickpeas are deliciously seasoned with salt’) is meant to attract the attention of passers-by. Lablabi is also given as a healthy snack at schools, cooked at home, and