Chickpeas salad - Kabuli chana kachumber salad - a vegan Indian style chickpeas salad with cucumber, tomatoes and onions. I made this salad with simple lemon juice and olive oil dressing. This also has sesame seeds and walnuts for added nutrition.
Nuts and seeds are a good source of protein and healthy fats. It is recommended to have a handful of nuts and seeds every day for overall health. Apart from making chutneys and gunpowder's with these nuts and seeds, I find these salads as an easy way to include these in our daily diet.
Along with nuts and seeds, I also try to include different beans and lentils for meeting our daily protein requirement. Though I make traditional curries and
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Chickpeas salad recipe
Chickpea cucumber salad
Ingredients
- 2 cups cooked chickpeas
- 2 small cucumbers
- 3 small tomatoes
- 1 onion
- ¼ cup chopped coriander leaves
- ¼ cup walnuts
- 1-2 tbsp sesame seeds
- ½ lemon
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 small green chili
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Soak chickpeas overnight or for 8 hours. Cook chickpeas till done. Do not overcook as we want to make a salad.
- Chop cucumbers, tomatoes, onion, green chili, and coriander leaves.
- Take a mixing bowl and add 2 cups of cooked chickpeas.
- To this, add chopped cucumbers, tomatoes, onion, green chili, coriander leaves, lemon juice, olive oil, sesame seeds, chopped walnuts, and Salt.
- Mix everything well and the salad is ready to serve! Adding sesame seeds and walnuts before serving will keep them crunchy.
How to make chickpeas salad - chana kachumber salad
- Soak chickpeas overnight or for 8 hours. Cook chickpeas till done. Do not overcook as we want to make a salad.
- Chop cucumbers, tomatoes, onion, green chili, and coriander leaves.
- Take a mixing bowl and add 2 cups of cooked chickpeas.
- To this, add chopped cucumbers, tomatoes, onion, green chili, coriander leaves, lemon juice, olive oil, sesame seeds, chopped walnuts, and Salt.
- Mix everything well and the salad is ready to serve! Adding sesame seeds and walnuts before serving will keep them crunchy.
Helen Bravo
This is a great simple to make recipe that tastes delicious.