Carmelita Chickpea Stew

Ingredients

• garbanzos (chickpeas)
• 1 garlic clove
• olive oil
• 1 onion
• tomato
• 1 slice bread
• 3 hard-boiled egg yolks
• warm water
• salt

Instructions

1. Soak the garbanzos (chickpeas) overnight in water and salt.
2. Rinse them and put them in a pot with warm water to cook.
3. In a separate pan, fry a garlic clove in olive oil, then discard it.
4. In that same oil, fry the diced onion and a little tomato.
5. When the garbanzos are nearly cooked through, add the fried onion and tomato mixture to the pot and stir to combine.
6. Shortly before serving, fry a slice of bread in oil.
7. Pound the fried bread together with the hard-boiled egg yolks in a mortar, crushing well until you have a fine paste.
8. Stir this mixture into the garbanzos and simmer briefly to incorporate.