10 Minute Vegetarian Chickpea Salad With Peanut Butter {Simple & Mediterranean Style}
Creamy Thai Vegetarian Chickpea Salad, made with boiled chickpeas, crunchy onions, bell peppers, tomatoes, green chilies and smothered with peanut butter and honey, is a total comfort and healthy snack! Made in Mediterranean style, this chopped chickpea salad is customizable with many options.
Equipment
- 1 Mixing bowl
Ingredients
- 1 cup Boiled Chickpeas
- 1 small onion
- 1 small tomato
- 1 small capsicum
- 2 teaspoon honey optional
- 1 tablespoon peanut butter
- 2 teaspoon Red Chilly
- 1 teaspoon Lemon Juice
- few leaves fresh coriander leaves
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- salt as per taste
- 1 small green chilly optional, chopped in small pieces
Instructions
- Gather all the ingredients. Wash veggies under running water. Chop them as desired. For the chickpeas, soak overnight or two hours in warm water. Boil for two whistles on full and simmer for 15-20 min.
- Take a large bowl and all the veggies along with chickpeas. You may add any other vegetable of choice.
- Add lemon juice.
- Drizzle some olive oil.
- A hint of honey brings a wonderful amalgam of all tastes in the salad. Just remember never heat honey or add it to anything hot as it makes it toxic. So here all food stuff is of room temperature,.
- Add all spices and salt, green chillies.
- Add Peanut Butter and give a good mix.
- The Veg Thai Salad is ready. Enjoy It.
Notes
Notes:
- Boil the chickpeas a day before. Soak them for about 7-8 hrs (overnight soaking works well too). Pressure Cook them for 2 full whistles and simmer for about 20 min. Remember to add salt while boiling.
- If you are using the canned chickpeas, drain the water from the can and make sure to boil them for about 10 min or till tender.
- When adding chickpeas in salad, use a colander to remove any extra water that comes from boiling it or else the salad may leave water.
- For storing it in refrigerator, make sure the container is dry and has no moisture in it or else the salad may become soggy.
| Nutrition Facts | |
|---|---|
| Serving size: 1 bowl | |
| Servings: 5 | |
| Amount per serving | |
| Calories | 179 |
| % Daily Value* | |
| Total Fat 4.6g | 6% |
| Saturated Fat 0.6g | 3% |
| Cholesterol 0mg | 0% |
| Sodium 22mg | 1% |
| Total Carbohydrate 27.3g | 10% |
| Dietary Fiber 7.8g | 28% |
| Total Sugars 5.7g | |
| Protein 8.7g | |
| Vitamin D 0mcg | 0% |
| Calcium 49mg | 4% |
| Iron 3mg | 15% |
| Potassium 429mg | 9% |
| *The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calorie a day is used for general nutrition advice. | |