Chickpeas with Aubergines

Boil and strain the butter beans for 30 minutes. Sauté the onion and the garlic in the oil until they wither. Add the cabbage, the peppers, the parsley, the celery, the tomato juice, the vegetable juice, salt and pepper and boil them for 10 minutes. Put the butter beans in a fireproof pan, pour the vegetable juice on them and mix well, so they will spread evenly in the pan. Finally, cover the food with the round cut tomatoes and pour some sugar, salt and pepper. Bake them in a preheated oven for about 30 minutes or until the butter beans are soft enough.

Soak the chickpeas in water from the previous day. The next day, drain the chickpeas well and mash them in the blender. Then, finely chop all the other ingredients with a knife, put them together with the chickpeas and mix well. Let the mixture stay for 2-3 hours in the fridge.

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