Oriental chickpea salad
Oriental chickpea salad is a colorful mix of delicious vegetables, spicy feta and tender chickpeas. Whether as a quick meal or a contribution to a salad buffet, this oriental salad with chickpeas not only looks beautiful, but also tastes wonderfully aromatic.
Oriental chickpea salad – these ingredients go into the bowl
The more colorful the salad, the more varied the nutrients – and your body will be happy about that. With chickpeas and feta, this salad is very high in protein and keeps you full for a long time. The Turkish chickpea salad is also very easy to prepare, so you can take it to work as a meal prep. However, you should keep the dressing separate for this.
So what goes into the salad bowl? Only the best and freshest ingredients, of course! You need the following ingredients for this oriental salad with chickpeas:
- Chickpeas: best precooked from the jar. This saves you a lot of time. However, if you want to cook them fresh, you can find out how here.
- Vegetables and fruit: onions, pointed peppers, cherry tomatoes and pomegranate seeds provide different flavors that harmonize well.
- Herbs: Parsley, mint and coriander are the classic herbs of oriental cuisine and are also used here in the salad.
- Spices: Cumin, paprika, pepper and salt add plenty of spice to the Arabic chickpea salad.
- Cheese: add a good chunk of feta to the salad for a subtle flavor. You can also leave it out or replace it with a plant-based alternative if you follow a vegan diet.
Chickpea salad dressing
The dressing for the oriental chickpea salad can be mixed together quickly. All you need is olive oil, fresh lemon juice and the spices mentioned above.
If you don’t want to serve the oriental salad with chickpeas straight away, don’t pour the dressing over the salad yet. You can chop everything up and put it in the bowl, but you should only mix the salad with the dressing when you want to eat it – otherwise it will be soggy.
Have fun chopping and enjoy your meal. Please leave me a comment and a rating if you liked the oriental chickpea salad.
Recipe for oriental chickpea salad
Ingredients
- 450 g cooked chickpeas
- 1 red onion
- 1 red pointed peppers
- 250 g Cherry tomatoes
- 40 g Parsley
- 25 g Mint
- 15 g Cilantro
- 30 ml fresh lemon juice
- 150 g Feta cheese
- 100 g Pomegranate seeds
- 4 Tablespoon Olive oil
- ½ Teaspoon Cumin
- ½ Teaspoon Sweet paprika powder
- Salt, pepper
Zubereitung
- Strain the chickpeas, rinse briefly and drain.
- Peel and dice the onion.
- Remove the stalk from the peppers, remove the seeds and cut the peppers into cubes.
- Halve or quarter the cherry tomatoes.
- Wash the parsley, mint and coriander, spin dry, pluck from the stalks and roughly chop.
- Squeeze the lemon. Crumble the feta.
- Mix all the ingredients for the salad and season with salt and pepper.
Notes
Nährwerte
How long does the Turkish chickpea salad keep?
The finished salad will keep for approx. 3 days in the fridge. If possible, keep the salad and dressing in separate containers so that it stays fresher and the herbs don’t get soggy.
By the way, chickpeas are a legume and there is a lot to learn about them. You can find everything you need to know here.
Would you like more recipes for chickpea salads? Then try the chickpea salad with za’atar dressing, the warm chickpea salad balilah or the beet salad with chickpeas.
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