Sumac Chickpea Salad
By: Janneke Verheij
Published: Monday, November 30, 2009 - 1:43pm

Ingredients




1 cup welled and cooked chickpeas (or canned)
1 tablespoon sumac
1 tablespoon paprika
1 tomato
1 Lebanese cucumber
1/2 red capsicum
1 tablespoon Greek yogurt
Pinch of saffron dissolved  a little water or saffron powder
Squeeze of lime
1 crushed garlic clove
Pepper and salt
1 tablespoon chopped parsley

Preparation

1 Coat the chickpeas with the sumac, paprika, ¾ garlic clove, pepper and salt. 2 Bake them in olive oil until a little browned. 3 Mix together the yogurt, saffron, ¼  garlic, pepper, salt and a squeeze of lime juice. 4 Cut the tomato, capsicum and cucumber in chickpea size. 5 Mix everything together and garnish with a little parsley.

About


The chickpea is among the earliest cultivated vegetables; high in protein and good to use in a variety of ways. This salad is healthy, light and perfect as lunch or side dish.

Comments:
Melissa Peterman

I keep forgetting how much I love sumac! Thanks for reminding me with this delicious looking salad recipe!
Sheri Wetherell

Yum!