Organic Chick Peas/Garbanzo - From USA 1 lb. Clear Bag

Chickpea originates from south-eastern Turkey where the wild subspecies Cicer arietinum reticulatum occurs. With domestication, there has been a gradual increase in Chickpea seed size from 3.5 mm to 6 mm. Small Chickpea seeds have been found in archaeological sites dating back to 7500 BC suggesting that people at this time were harvesting them in the wild or growing undomesticated plants. The earliest evidence of domestication is larger seeds found in Jericho dating back to 6500 BC. Chickpea therefore joins Pea and Lentil as one of the three main pulses.