Lebanese-style chickpea salad
This salad combines chickpeas with cauliflower in a light yoghurt dressing, flavoured with lemon juice and sesame paste.
11,8694/5 for 2 ratings
Grade this recipe: Last modified on: February 9th 2020
For 4 people, you will need:
1 
1 tablespoon tahini (sesame paste)
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Start to finish |
|---|---|
| 24 min. | 24 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 5 min.
Thoroughly drain 250 g tinned (canned) chickpeas.
Stage 2 - 2 min.
Dry on a cloth.
Stage 3 - 10 min.
Stage 4 - 2 min.
Put the chickpeas and cauliflower in a salad bowl. Add 1 shallot finely chopped and a little chopped parsley.
Stage 5 - 3 min.
Prepare the dressing by mixing 150 g Greek yoghurt, 1 tablespoon tahini (sesame paste) and 2 tablespoons lemon juice.
Salt and pepper then checking the seasoning.
Salt and pepper then checking the seasoning.
Stage 6 - 2 min.
Pour the dressing into the bowl and mix everything together.
Your salad is ready.
Your salad is ready.
Remarks
If you don't have any lemon juice handy, use a tablespoonful of vinegar instead.
The quantity of tahini can be adapted, either a little more or less, to suit your taste.
For a more authentic Lebanese touch, add a little mint in with the chopped parsley.
The quantity of tahini can be adapted, either a little more or less, to suit your taste.
For a more authentic Lebanese touch, add a little mint in with the chopped parsley.
Keeping:
2 days at most in the fridge.Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 658 Kcal or 2,755 Kj | 33 gr | 66 gr | 29 gr |
| 33 % | 13 % | 6 % | 4 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 91 Kcal or 381 Kj | 5 gr | 9 gr | 4 gr |
| 5 % | 2 % | 1 % | 1 % |
| Per person | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 164 Kcal or 687 Kj | 8 gr | 17 gr | 7 gr |
| 8 % | 3 % | 2 % | 1 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 4 people : 1.83 €
- Per person : 0.46 €
Note : These prices are only approximate.
Source
Home made.More recipes?
This recipe uses (among others) | Cauliflower: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Two-cheese vegetable gratin, How to prepare cauliflower, Sliced cauliflower with 3 cheeses, Cream of cauliflower soup with smoked haddock , Vegetable tartare, ... All |
 | Tinned (canned) chickpeas: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Couscous, Hummus, Chickpea salad, Cauliflower and chickpea salad, Green hummus, ... All |
 | Greek yoghurt: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Light herb sauce, Home-made doner kebab, Spinach and cashew brik rolls, Spinach fritters, Cretan-style salmon , ... All |
 | Lemon juice: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Baked potoatoes with herb butter or cream , Sautéed pork with mushrooms in a cream sauce., Macarons (the original French macaroons) , Strawberry, kiwi and mascarpone verrines, Hollandaise sauce, ... All |
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