Try this free recipe from Nadia Lim’s Fresh Start Cookbook.
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By themselves, chickpeas can be bland and boring, but add a few Indian, Moroccan or Middle Eastern spices and boom!, you’ve got the base for a healthy, flavour-packed meal. The ingredient quantities in these recipes can easily be doubled to serve two people. These are great to take to work.
SPICED CHICKPEA SALAD WITH DATES & FETA
Serves 1
Prep: 10 minutes
Cook: 2-3 minutes
Ingredients
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- ½ x 400g can, drained, rinsed chickpeas
- ½ teaspoon ground allspice
- ¼ teaspoon ground cumin
- ¼ teaspoon chilli flakes
- 1 small, diced vine-ripened tomato
- ½, diced Lebanese cucumber
- 1, thinly sliced baby radish
- 2 tablespoons finely diced red onion
- 25g, crumbled feta
- 2, pitted, chopped medjool dates
- ¼ cup chopped flat-leaf parsley
- ½ a lemon's juice
- 1 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil
- salt
- freshly ground black pepper
METHOD
Heat olive oil in a frying pan over medium heat. Cook chickpeas, allspice, cumin and chilli for 2–3 minutes, gently shaking the pan so they cook evenly and don’t stick to the base. To serve, toss spiced chickpeas with remaining ingredients. Season with salt and pepper.