Warm Salad of Chickpeas, Chilli, Feta & Garlic

As with butter beans, two rules apply when cooking dried chickpeas: add salt at the end and skim off the scum. Chickpeas take a long time to cook, but the process can be speeded up by adding half a sheet of kombu seaweed or a teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda per 500g (18oz) chickpeas while boiling, though the latter may cause a loss of nutrients. This is a delicious salad in its own right, but served with grilled squid or roast lamb it’s even better. Using precooked chickpeas from a can will