Winter Chickpea Salad

Soak the chickpeas in cold water for 4-6 hours and then peal the peas. Boil them in hot water in proportion 1 part chickpeas, 3 parts water. Add water and boil them for 30-40 minutes. Drain the chickpeas and put them in a salad bowl to cool down.

Wash and chop the leak into long thin slices. Soak the sun-dried peppers in hot water and deseed them. Slice them into long thin slices. Braise the vegetables in frying pan with the olive oil. Add them to the chickpeas in the salad bowl. Stir well, add salt and pepper and serve at room temperature.