Recipes: Salads

Spicy Chickpea Salad

Prep Time:

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Serves

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Ingredients

  • 1 cup chickpeas
  • 1 tsp cumin seeds
  • 1 tsp red chili powder
  • ½ tsp turmeric powder
  • ½ tsp coriander powder
  • 1 tsp curry powder/ garam masala
  • 2 tsp ginger, grated
  • 2 big cloves garlic, grated
  • A pinch of cinnamon powder
  • Chopped cilantro for garnish
  • Oil
  • Salt
  • 2 cups arugula
  • ¼ cup raisins
  • 2 tbsp pine nuts
  • ⅛ red onion, thinly sliced
  • 5 to 6 cherry tomatoes
  • ¼ English cucumber

Dressing:

  • 3 tbsp tahini
  • 2 tbsp lemon juice
  • Honey
  • Salt

Created By

Ankita Vaidya

Directions

  1. Rinse chickpeas. In a pan, heat 1 tbsp oil. Add cumin seeds, followed by chickpeas, grated ginger, grated garlic, and all the powdered spices. Season with salt. Turn the heat off and add chopped cilantro.
  2. In a salad bowl, toss arugula, sliced red onion, cherry tomatoes, sliced cucumbers together with warm chickpeas. Add some salt to season the vegetables.
  3. Drizzle the dressing on top and garnish with nuts and raisins.

Created By

Ankita Vaidya

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