HEALTHY LUNCH WITH CHICKPEAS

A lunch bowl with protein rich chickpeas is super healthy and  delicious .Here we have shared two recipes of chickpeas  a salad and a soup. It's more like having a balanced diet for your lunch.

CHICKPEA SALAD:

INGREDIENTS:

cooked chickpeas  - 1 cup

Cucumber -1/2 cup diced

onion   - 1 diced 

tomato -1 diced

crumbled paneer-1/2 cup 

For Salad dressing:

olive oil -2 -3 tbsp

salt -to taste

pepper -to taste

chaat masala-1/4tsp

lemon juice- 11/2 tsp

Method:

• In a bowl mix all the ingredients listed under for salad dressing together.
• In a serving bowl add cooked chickpeas, onion ,tomato ,cucumber and crumbled paneer.
• Drizzle in the  prepared salad dressing into the salad bowl and mix well.
• Serve the salad
• You can also put it  in with your chapathi/Tortilla and roll it as a wrap

CHICKPEA SOUP

INGREDIENTS:

Cooked chickpeas - 1 cup

onion- 1finely chopped

tomato -1 finely chopped

garlic cloves - 1 finely chopped

carrots -1 finely diced

cucumber -1/2 cup diced

olive oil -1 tbsp

salt-to taste

pepper - to taste

cumin powder - 1/2 tsp

METHOD:

• In a pan heat oil and add finely chopped garlic and sauté until it turns translucent.
• then add in chopped onions and the carrots and sauté until the onions turns translucent. 
• Put in the finely chopped tomatoes and cook until it turns mushy.
• Add in the cucumber/zucchini , salt ,pepper and cumin powder to it.
• After a minute add cooked chickpeas and a cup of water from cooked chickpeas / vegetable stock
• Cover and cook it in simmer for 10 minutes.
• Garnish with cilantro and pepper powder
• Serve hot

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