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Simple Chickpea Salad with Vegetables

Veggie Garbanzo Beans Salad, an Easy and Quick to make, plant based Salad with basic ingredients. Recipe below has step wise pics, tips and even shows how to cook Chickpeas in an Instant Pot.

Recipe Cooked, Photographed and Written by Praveena

PrepTime:10 mins   MakeTime:2 mins   Cuisine: English


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‘Simple Chickpea Salad with Vegetables’, as the name itself mentions, this is just a ‘mix and make’, ‘quick and easy’ to make salad with basic homemade dressing. 

Only time consuming part for this recipe is to soak & boil the chickpeas. But if you have pre-boiled chickpeas / canned chickpeas, then this salad is ready within 10 mins. Now, let’s see how I made it then. 🙂 

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  1. Possible Alterations for the recipe, ‘Chickpeas and Vegetables Plant Based Salad’:
  2. Other recipes from my blog:
  3. Step wise pics Procedure for ‘Simple Chickpea Salad with Vegetables’:
  4. Prep Work:
    1. Stove Top Method to Boil Chickpeas:
    2. Instant Pot Method to Boil Chickpeas:
    3. Using Canned / Tinned Chickpeas:
  5. Prepare the Salad Dressing:
  6. Making the Salad:
  7. Tips & Storage:
  8. Result:
  9. Ingredients, Accessories on ‘AMAZON’ to ‘SHOP’:
  10. Recipe Card & Print:

Possible Alterations for the recipe, ‘Chickpeas and Vegetables Plant Based Salad’:

Other vegetables to add: Any vegetable that can be eaten raw, like sweet corn, green peas, carrots, cabbage, can be happily added to this salad. And, boiled potato, boiled sweet potato, are great additions too.

Tomato Variety: I have used cherry tomatoes. Plum tomatoes, Vine tomatoes can also be used. If you are using regular cooking tomatoes, then de-seed them to add in the salad.

Replacement for Chickpeas: These Garbanzo beans can be replaced with any of these>> Black eyed peas, Butter Beans, Black Chickpeas, Green Peas, Sweet Corn.

Other recipes from my blog:

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Ingredients:

  • Chickpeas – 2 cups (boiled)
  • Cherry Tomatoes – 12
  • Red Onions – 2 ( medium size)
  • Salad Cucumber – palm length size
  • Strawberries – 8 (medium size)
  • Coriander / Cilantro Leaves – a handful
  • Turmeric Powder – ¼ teaspoon

For Dressing:

  • Olive Oil – ¼ cup
  • Fresh Lemon / Lime Juice – 3 tablespoons
  • Black Salt – as per taste
  • Ground Black Pepper – 1 tablespoon
  • Sugar – 1½ tablespoon
  • Dried Oregano (herb) – 1 tablespoon
  • White Wine Vinegar – 1 tablespoon (optional)

Special Ingredients:

  • Dried Oregano
  • White Wine Vinegar

Step wise pics Procedure for ‘Simple Chickpea Salad with Vegetables’:

Prep Work:

To ‘SOAK’ the Dry Chana / Chickpeas:

  • Take 1 cup of dry chickpeas into a wide vessel, wash them thoroughly. Add water, 4 times the quantity of beans.
  • Leave the vessel on kitchen platform, let the chickpeas soak for 8 hrs/overnight.
  • Strain the soaked water before cooking.

Stove Top Method to Boil Chickpeas:

  • on STOVE TOP vessel: Take the soaked chickpeas into a sauce pan, add double quantity of water. Close with lid. Let them cook on stove-top medium flame until they soften (might take 30 to 40 mins).
  • on STOVE TOP PRESSURE COOKER: Take them into the cooker. Add 3 cups of water.
  • Close the lid, put the whistle ON, let it cook for 5 whistles. Open only when the pressure is released.

Instant Pot Method to Boil Chickpeas:

  • Take the soaked chickpeas into the Instant Pot. Add 3 cups of water.
  • Close the lid, turn the valve to SEALING, and set the mode to PRESSURE COOK under HIGH PRESSURE for 4 mins (or) else BEAN / CHILI mode. Release the pressure naturally (NPR).
  • Transfer all the boiled chickpeas into a separate bowl.

Using Canned / Tinned Chickpeas:

If you are using canned (or) already cooked chickpeas, ignore all the above ‘PREP WORK’ steps, and proceed with the recipe from here.

Gather all the ingredients at one place, including boiled chickpeas. Dice the cucumber, tomatoes, onions, strawberries.

Finely chop the coriander leaves. Roughly grind the black pepper.

Prepare the Salad Dressing:

In a small bowl, add all these>> olive oil, white wine vinegar, sugar, salt, ground black pepper, fresh lemon juice, dried oregano.

Whisk everything thoroughly until the sugar melts well.

Making the Salad:

In a wide mixing bowl, add all these>> diced onions, cucumber, cherry tomatoes, strawberries, chopped coriander leaves. Pour the dressing on top.

Take a ladle on each hand, gently mix up everything such that the dressing is well coated throughout.

Transfer the salad into a serving dish. Done!

Tips & Storage:

  • Adjust the salt & spice as per your taste.
  • Storage: I prefer to make the salad fresh for best taste. 
  • But, if you wish to store. Put the chickpeas, veggies in an air tight container and the dressing in a separate container. Store them in fridge. 
  • Pour the dressing and toss, just before serving.
  • This way, the salad, dressing stays good for 4-5 days.

Result:

  • This ‘Simple Chickpea Salad with Vegetables’, has very simple flavours and is light on the tummy too.
  • All the veggies and chickpeas are rightly coated with lemon olive oil dressing.
  • The ground black pepper gave the right spice needed.

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Simple Chickpea Salad with Vegetables

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Veggie Garbanzo Beans Salad, an Easy and Quick to make, plant based Salad with basic ingredients. Recipe below has step wise pics, tips and even shows how to cook Chickpeas in an Instant Pot.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Make Time 2 minutes
Total Time 12 minutes
Course Accompaniment, Salad
Cuisine English
Servings 4 servings

Equipment

  • Sauce Pan / Vessel (for stove-top method) (to boil chickpeas)
  • Instant Pot or Electric Pressure Cooker (for IP method) (to boil chickpeas)
  • Small mixing bowl (to prepare dressing)
  • Wide Mixing Bowl (for salad)

Ingredients
  

1cup=250ml; ¾ cup=180ml; ½cup=125ml; 1 tbsp=14ml; 1 tsp = 4ml

  • 2 cups Chickpeas (boiled) (heaped cups)
  • ¼ teaspoon Turmeric Powder
  • 12 count Cherry Tomatoes
  • 2 count Red Onions (medium size)
  • 1 count Cucumber (palm length size)
  • 8 count Strawberries (medium size)
  • a handful Coriander / Cilantro Leaves

Ingredients for Dressing:

  • ¼ cup Olive Oil
  • 1 tablespoon White Wine Vinegar
  • 3 tablespoons Fresh Lemon / Lime Juice
  • as per taste Black Salt
  • 1 tablespoon Ground Black Pepper
  • tablespoon Sugar
  • 1 tablespoon Dried Oregano (herb)

Instructions
 

Prep Work:

  • To Soak the Dry Chickpeas:
    Take 1 cup of dry chickpeas into a wide vessel, wash them thoroughly.
    Add water, 4 times the quantity of beans.
    Leave the vessel on kitchen platform, let the chickpeas soak for 8 hrs/overnight. Strain the soaked water before cooking.
  • Stove Top Method to Boil Chickpeas:
    on STOVE TOP vessel: Take the soaked chickpeas into a sauce pan, add double quantity of water. Close with lid.
    Let them cook on stove-top medium flame until they soften. (might take 30 mins).
    on STOVE TOP PRESSURE COOKER: Take them into the cooker. Add 3 cups of water.
    Close the lid, put the whistle ON, let it cook for 5 whistles. Open only when the pressure is released.
  • Instant Pot Method to Boil Chickpeas:
    Take the soaked chickpeas into the Instant Pot. Add 3 cups of water.
    Close the lid, turn the valve to SEALING, and set the mode to PRESSURE COOK under HIGH PRESSURE for 4 mins (or) else to BEAN / CHILI mode.
    Release the pressure naturally (NPR).Transfer all the boiled chickpeas into a mixing bowl.

If you are using canned (or) already cooked chickpeas, ignore all the above ‘PREP WORK’ steps, and proceed with the recipe from here.

  • Gather all the ingredients at one place, including boiled chickpeas.
    Dice the cucumber, tomatoes, onions, strawberries. Finely chop the coriander leaves. Roughly grind the black pepper.

Prepare the dressing:

  • In a small bowl, add all these>> olive oil, white wine vinegar, sugar, salt, ground black pepper, fresh lemon juice, dried oregano.
    Whisk everything thoroughly until the sugar melts well.

Making the Salad:

  • In a wide mixing bowl, add all these>> diced onions, cucumber, cherry tomatoes, strawberries, chopped coriander leaves. Pour the dressing on top.
  • Take a ladle on each hand, gently mix up everything such that the dressing is well coated throughout.
  • Transfer the salad into a serving dish. Done!

Notes

Please see the MAIN POST for recipe with step wise PICS & TIPS!
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