Warm Chick Pea Salad with Pickled Walnuts

I love salads but sometimes when its cold I make this warm chickpea salad as its perfect eaten hot or cold. With middle Eastern flavours it goes really well with a meze of pitta bread, hummus, Baba Ganoush to make the perfect lunch.

Yield: Serves 2 Author: Nayna Kanabar

Warm Chickpea and Pickled Walnut Salad

A warm spiced chickpea salad with lovely Moroccan flavours.

prep time: 10 minscook time: 5 minstotal time: 15 mins

Ingredients:

• 240 g Precooked chick Peas
• 1/2 green capsicum finely diced
• 1/2 red capsicum finely diced
• 1 small red onion finely diced
• 1 pickled walnut finely diced
• 1 tablespoon brine from the pickled walnuts
• 4 sprigs fresh coriander finely chopped.
• 1 tablespoon Olive oil
• Juice of 1 lemon
• Seeds from 1 pomegranate
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon sumac
• 1 teaspoon pomegranate molasses
• 1 red chilli finely diced

Instructions

1. In a pan add the olive oil and saute the onions until translucent. To the onions add the the chick peas, peppers and warm through.
2. Transfer the chickpea mixture to a bowl and add two thirds of the pomegranate and pickled walnuts and the chopped coriander.
3. In a jar add the lemon juice, walnut brine,sumac, diced chilli, salt, honey, back pepper and mix thoroughly
4. Pour the dressing over the salad and toss well.
5. Transfer the salad to serving  bowl and garnish with remaining pomegranate and chopped coriander.

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