Green Chickpea Salad
- for the dressing
- 1 tablespoon cumin seeds
- 1/2 cup sour plain yogurt
- 1/4 cup fresh mint
- 1 teaspoon lime juice
- 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 teaspoon dry mango powder (aamchur)
- for the salad
- 1 cup dried green chickpeas, soaked in water overnight
- 2 shallots, thinly sliced
- 1 yellow pepper, finely chopped to tiny bite size
- 1 cup sweet cherry tomatoes, chopped in half or quarters
- Using a coffee grinder or mortar and pestle, grind the roasted cumin seeds to a fine dust.
- In a food processor, add all the ingredients of the dressing and give it a mix.
- Take it out in a bowl, add the roasted cumin powder to it and mix properly again.
- Put the green chickpeas soaked with water in a microwave proof bowl and let it cook for 10 minutes at high temperature.
- In a salad bowl, add green chickpeas, chopped pepper, chopped cherry tomatoes and shallots.
- Pour the dressing and give it a good mix.
- Salad is ready!
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Taken from food52.com/recipes/18067-green-chickpea-salad (may not work)