Green Chard stew with rice “NIVIG”

Name: Green Chard stew with rice “NIVIG”
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 5
Ingredients: 7-8 bunches Green Chard; 2 cups Chickpeas (cooked-drained); 2 tbsp Tomato paste; 1-2 tsp depending on how spicy you want Chili paste; 2 Onion; 2-3 cups Water; To taste Salt /pepper; 2 tbsp Vegetable oil; 1-2 lemons to taste Lemon juice

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Servings

Prep

30 min

Cook

15 min

Nivig / Green Chard stew

Green Chard		7-8 bunches
Chickpeas (cooked-drained)		2 cups
Tomato paste		2 tbsp
Chili paste		1-2 tsp depending on how spicy you want
Onion		2
Water		2-3 cups
Salt /pepper		To taste
Vegetable oil		2 tbsp
Lemon juice		1-2 lemons to taste

Nivig or Green Chard Stew is an Armenian Vegan dish. It is usually eaten during lent season before Easter. But I enjoy it all year round!

Directions

Wash the Green Chard well and cut into big pieces with the stalks
Sweat the onions with the vegetable oil
Add the green chard on top of the onions
Add the chickpeas (cooked or canned without the canned water)
Add the tomato paste, chili paste, water, salt pepper and mix
Cook on high fire first and when the water starts boiling lower the heat and simmer for 15 minutes. Add the lemon juice halfway and stirr.
Stir from time to time but don’t overstirr as the chard is delicate.
Enjoy it with basmati rice.

For the rice

Wash 1 cup basmati rice well (2-3 times). Add the rice to 2 cups of boiling salty water and cook covered until the water is fully absorbed. Put off the fire and put a cloth under the lid to absorb the water vapor. Separate rice grains lightly with a fork.

Enjoy the Nivig with rice !