Chickpea Tahini Salad with Pan Roasted Chilli Chickpeas, Carrots,Cucumber and Salad greens with a generous drizzle of homemade Tahini Dressing.
Course Salad
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time 20 minutesminutes
Total Time 35 minutesminutes
Servings 2servings
Author Chhavi
Ingredients
1CupChickpeas
½teaspoonoil
1teaspoonchilli/paprika
salt to taste
1cupsliced cucumber
1cupCarrot sticks
1cuprocket or any other green salad leaves
3tablespoonTahini Dressingrecipe below
Instructions
To prepare the chickpeas
You can buy the canned version
if you have dried chickpeas,soak them overnight and pressure cook with 3 cups of water for 20 minutes-till they are tender.
Discard the water or the canning saline.
Heat oil in a pan on high flame, add the chickpeas and sauce at high flame till you get some caramelisation on the chickpeas.Add Salt and Chilli and mix well.Let them cool.
Meanwhile in a bowl layer the salad greens,carrots and cucumbers.Add the chickpeas on top.
Drizzle the dressing.
This salad does well stored in the fridge upto 2-3 days.