Lebanese-style chickpea salad


Lebanese-style chickpea salad
This salad combines chickpeas with cauliflower in a light yoghurt dressing, flavoured with lemon juice and sesame paste.
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Last modified on: February 9th 2020

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For 12 people, you will need:
  • 1 tinned (canned) chickpeas 750 g tinned (canned) chickpeas
  • 2 cauliflower 750 g cauliflower
  • 3 shallot 3 shallots
  • 4 Greek yoghurt 450 g Greek yoghurt
  • 5 tahini (sesame paste) 3 tablespoons tahini (sesame paste)
  • 6 lemon juice 6 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 7 salt salt
  • 8 pepper pepper
  • Total weight: 2,160 grams

Change to the quantities for: 2 people 4 people 8 people 12 people
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24 min.24 min.
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Step by step recipe


Stage 1 - 5 min.
Lebanese-style chickpea salad
Thoroughly drain 750 g tinned (canned) chickpeas.

Stage 2 - 2 min.
Lebanese-style chickpea salad
Dry on a cloth.

Stage 3 - 10 min.
Lebanese-style chickpea salad
Prepare 750 g cauliflower and slice thinly (if you have one, a mandolin is ideal for this).

Stage 4 - 2 min.
Lebanese-style chickpea salad
Put the chickpeas and cauliflower in a salad bowl. Add 3 shallots finely chopped and a little chopped parsley.

Stage 5 - 3 min.
Lebanese-style chickpea salad
Prepare the dressing by mixing 450 g Greek yoghurt, 3 tablespoons tahini (sesame paste) and 6 tablespoons lemon juice.

Salt and pepper then checking the seasoning.

Stage 6 - 2 min.
Lebanese-style chickpea salad
Pour the dressing into the bowl and mix everything together.

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.
Keeping
2 days at most in the fridge.
Source
Home made.
Nutritional information
Whole recipe
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
1,973 Kcal or 8,261 Kj99 gr198 gr87 gr
99 %38 %19 %13 %
Per 100 g
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
91 Kcal or 381 Kj5 gr9 gr4 gr
5 %2 %1 %1 %
Per person
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
164 Kcal or 687 Kj8 gr17 gr7 gr
8 %3 %2 %1 %
% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).
Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk, Sesame
How much will it cost?
  • For 12 people : 5.48 €
  • Per person : 0.46 €

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This recipe uses (among others)
CauliflowerCauliflower: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Sliced cauliflower with 3 cheeses, Spicy mustard cauliflower cheese, Crunchy Cauliflower Salad with Lemon, Cauliflower "moelleux" in ramekins, Du Barry soup, ... All
Tinned (canned) chickpeasTinned (canned) chickpeas: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Cauliflower and chickpea salad, Chickpea salad, Hummus, Cauliflower and chickpea purée, Chorba, ... All
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