Chickpeas
Chickpeas come in different colours: yellow, green, red and black. Two major types exist today: the lightseeded kabuli type and the smaller, darker desi type. High in protein, chickpeas are one of the earliest cultivated legumes; 7500-year-old remains have been found in archaeological sites of Jericho and Cayonu in Turkey where it’s thought they were first domesticated. Wild chickpeas have also been found in the Mesolithic layers in caves in Southern France (c. 7000 BCE).
Ancient people associated chickpeas with Venus
