Chickpea Salad - Nohut Salatası
This healthy & simple chickpea salad is refreshing. But, at the same time, filling. It is perfect for hot summer months. Chickpea salad can be eaten alone or as a snack.
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Servings 4
Ingredients
- 400 grams chickpeas (or 1x800 gram tin, drained)
- 100 grams white cheese (optional)
- 10 cherry tomatoes (washed & halved)
- 2 medium red onions (peeled & very thinly sliced)
- 2 fresh chillies (finely chopped)
- 1 tablespoon fresh mint (chopped)
- 1 tablespoon parsley (chopped)
- 1 tablespoon sumac
- 1 tablespoon chilli flakes
- 1 tablespoon pomegranate molasses
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 lemon (juiced)
- 1 pinch salt
Instructions
- Sprinkle your chickpeas with the chilli flakes, toss them around and leave to one side for a couple of hours.
- Sprinkle your red onions with the sumac in another bowl and mix well.
- Now add your salt, lemon juice, oil and nar ekşisi (pomegranate molasses).
- Mix well and leave for a couple of hours or so in the fridge.
- When you are ready to serve, cut your cherry tomatoes into halves or quarters, depending on their size.
- Chop your parsley and mint.
- In a large bowl, add all of your ingredients, including the fresh chillies and mix carefully so that you don't crush the tomatoes.
- Serve in bowls and crumble white cheese over the top, if you like.
Notes
- As with all our recipes, the calorie count is meant as a guide and will vary depending on quantities and brands you are using.
- The calories per serving assume you will be using white cheese to crumble over your chickpea salad.
- The 800 gram tin of chickpeas will weigh around 400 grams once the brine is drained.
- Chickpea salad is a great dish on its own but it also makes a good side to grilled meats.
- All the amounts or the chickpea salad recipe ingredients are meant as a guide. You can make it spicier if you wish you can have more or less of other ingredients.
Nutrition
Serving: 1Calories: 256kcal
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