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