Are chick peas / garbanzo beans" peas or beans?!
Answers:
They're legumes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chickpea
They are beans- legumes.
Even green split peas are a legume of sorts. Chickpeas are most definitely a legume, and they are a BEAN.
Peas, are not technically from the "pea" family.
Chickpeas are same as pigeon peas, blackeye peas etc
They're a legume and as such are classified as a 'bean'.
beans
Peas.