Cis forChewing gum
Scientific name: cicer arietinum
The chickpea, also called garbanzo bean or Indian pea, is a legume that is widely used in the Middle East and India.
Chickpeas can be soaked overnight and cooked whole, and eaten plain, in a salad, or as part of a stew or curry. They can also be ground into flour and used for baking. They are the main ingredient of falafels and hummus.
Scientific name: capsicum annuum
Scientific name: allium schoenoprasum
Chives are a member of the onion family. Chives grow in clumps from a bulb under the ground. You can use the leaves cut up on salads or on potato or pasta dishes. You can use the flowers in salads too. Chives are very easy to grow from seed, and they can also grow new chives by digging up a clump and splitting off the smaller side bulbs.
There are different varieties of chives, one of the most useful being garlic chives, which have leaves and flowers with a strong garlic flavour.
Chocolate is made from the fermented, roasted seeds of the tropical cacao tree. The seeds are used to make cocoa solids and cocoa butter.
Chocolate is used to make a huge variety of sweets, desserts, cakes and drinks.
Modern chocolate usually comes in dark, milk and white chocolate. All three of them have sugar added. Milk chocolate has milk added to it, and white chocolate doesn't have cocoa solids in it, only cocoa butter.
Chutney is a very general term for any kind of sauce that is made from preserved vegetables. Chutneys are usually spiced too. Chutneys can be preserved by pickling them with acid, either vinegar, citrus juice, or pickled with brine. Chutneys can be very hot and spicy, or very sweet. They are often used in Indian and Asian food.
