Curried Chickpea Salad – Two Peas & Their Pod

I really like chickpea salads. A couple of of my favorites embrace: Simple Chickpea Salad, Chickpea, Avocado, Feta Salad, Greek Chickpea Salad, Smashed Chickpea Avocado Salad, and Fall Chickpea Salad.

I additionally actually love this Curried Chickpea Salad as a result of the flavors are distinctive and SO scrumptious. Smashed chickpeas are mixed with celery, onion, cilantro crunchy cashews, raisins, and a creamy curry dressing.

A number of the flavors would possibly sound like an odd combine, BUT belief me, all of them play properly collectively. I LOVE the flavors and textures.

This can be a nice meal prep recipe as a result of the salad holds up within the fridge for as much as 5 days. I really like pulling it out on busy days when I’m craving one thing wholesome and scrumptious.

Substances

• Chickpeas– I take advantage of canned chickpeas to maintain the recipe tremendous easy. Rinse and drain earlier than utilizing.
• Celery– I really like including in veggies!
• Onion– I take advantage of sliced inexperienced onion and diced purple onion.
• Cilantro– can use parsley in case you don’t look after cilantro.
• Cashews– they add a pleasant, salty crunch. Peanuts can be good too. If you’re allergic to nuts, you’ll be able to go away them out.
• Raisins– raisins would possibly seem to be an odd addition, however belief me on this one. They add the right quantity of sweetness. In case you don’t like raisins, you’ll be able to add diced apple or dried cranberries.
• Greek yogurt– I really like the increase of protein and the yogurt makes the salad creamy.
• Lemon juice– so as to add a contemporary zip!
• Maple syrup– just a bit bit to steadiness out the tang from the yogurt and lemon. Honey can even work.
• Spices– yellow curry powder, turmeric powder, and garlic powder.

Make Curried Chickpea Salad

• Place the chickpeas on a clear dish towel or paper towel. Put one other towel on high. Use your palms to roll and rub the chickpeas for about 20-30 seconds. This may assist the skins come off simpler. Take away the skins and discard. I attempt to take away a lot of the skins, however in case you don’t get all of them, that’s okay. And in case you don’t have time to take away the skins, simply rinse and drain. The salad will nonetheless be good. Eradicating the skins simply makes the salad just a little creamier and easy.

• Place the chickpeas in a big bowl and mash with a fork or potato masher till a lot of the chickpeas are smashed. Stir within the celery, inexperienced onion, purple onion, cilantro, cashews, and raisins.

• In a small bowl, whisk collectively the Greek yogurt, lemon juice, maple syrup, curry powder, turmeric powder, garlic powder, salt, and pepper.

• Add the sauce to the chickpea combination and stir till properly mixed. Style and alter components, if mandatory. This can be a versatile recipe, so alter to your liking.

Serve

I really like this chickpea salad as a result of it’s very versatile. There are such a lot of scrumptious methods to get pleasure from it! Listed below are some serving concepts!

• Make a sandwich together with your favourite bread
• Stuff in pita bread
• Eat with flatbread or naan
• Take pleasure in in a contemporary lettuce wrap
• Unfold in a tortilla and roll it up
• Eat with crackers or chips
• Place on high of a rice cake
• Add to a mattress of greens to make a salad

Retailer

Retailer the salad in an hermetic container within the fridge for as much as 5 days. I really like making the salad at first of the week so I’ve a simple, wholesome lunch ready for me all week lengthy!

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Curried Chickpea Salad

This Curried Chickpea Salad is stuffed with taste and solely takes quarter-hour to make. It’s a nice meal prep recipe! Take pleasure in in a sandwich, wrap, add it to a mattress of greens, or get pleasure from with naan or pita bread.

• 30 oz chickpeas (2 cans), drained and rinsed
• 1 cup diced celery
• 2 inexperienced onions, sliced
• 1/4 cup diced purple onion
• 3 tablespoons chopped cilantro, can use parsley
• 1/3 cup chopped cashews, non-compulsory
• 3 tablespoons raisins, non-compulsory (can even do diced apple for sweetness)
• 2/3 cup plain Greek yogurt
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon pure maple syrup
• 2 teaspoons yellow curry powder
• 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
• 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
• Kosher salt and black pepper, to style

• Place the chickpeas on a clear dish towel or paper towel. Put one other towel on high. Use your palms to roll and rub the chickpeas for about 20-30 seconds. This may assist the skins come off simpler. Take away the skins and discard. I attempt to take away a lot of the skins, however in case you don’t get all of them, that’s okay. And in case you don’t have time to take away the skins, simply rinse and drain. The salad will nonetheless be good. Eradicating the skins simply makes the salad just a little creamier and easy.

• Place the chickpeas in a big bowl and mash with a fork or potato masher till a lot of the chickpeas are smashed. Stir within the celery, inexperienced onion, purple onion, cilantro, cashews, and raisins.

• In a small bowl, whisk collectively the Greek yogurt, lemon juice, maple syrup, curry powder, turmeric powder, garlic powder, salt, and pepper.

• Add the sauce to the chickpea combination and stir till properly mixed. Style and alter components, if mandatory. This can be a versatile recipe, so alter to your liking.

• Serve in between two slices of bread to make a sandwich, in pita bread, with flatbread or naan, in a lettuce wrap, in a tortilla, with crackers or chips, or on high of a rice cake, or add to a mattress of greens to make a salad.

Energy: 482kcal, Carbohydrates: 76g, Protein: 25g, Fats: 11g, Saturated Fats: 2g, Polyunsaturated Fats: 3g, Monounsaturated Fats: 4g, Ldl cholesterol: 2mg, Sodium: 54mg, Potassium: 960mg, Fiber: 18g, Sugar: 12g, Vitamin A: 263IU, Vitamin C: 9mg, Calcium: 173mg, Iron: 8mg

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