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How can I remove the smell of bicarbonate of soda?

Generally when one is cooking chickpeas with soda to soften them, one par-cooks the chickpeas with just water and soda, drains them, rinses them, and then finishes cooking them with the other ...
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How can I remove the smell of bicarbonate of soda?

I don't think you can remove the smell, it might be best to throw those ones out and start again. You have added a lot of bicarbonate for the amount of chickpeas. Recipes that include bicarbonate ...
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How can I remove the smell of bicarbonate of soda?

It's pretty unusual to add the bicarbonate during cooking. The way they taught me, the bicarbonate goes in the soaking water. You let sit overnight then throw away the water with the bicarbonate, ...
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