Vegetable Chickpea Soup

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons oil
• 1 onion, diced
• 2 celery stalks, diced
• 3 cloves garlic, chopped, or 3 cubes Gefen Frozen Garlic
• 2 zucchinis, diced
• 1 parsnip, peeled and diced
• 2 carrots, peeled and diced
• 2 tomatoes, diced
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 5-6 cups water
• 2 (15-ounce) cans Haddar Chick Peas, drained
• 2 and 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 teaspoon turmeric