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Wilted Greens, Spiced Chickpea Salad with Lemon & Tahini Dressing

01 May Wilted Greens, Spiced Chickpea Salad with Lemon & Tahini Dressing

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This has been one of our most requested recipes to date, colourful with a light spicy kick, its perfect for a spring BBQ table or picnic! What’s more it is both vegan and gluten free.

Serves 6

First make the Lemon & Tahini Dressing

Ingredients

2 tbsp tahini
1 tsp/ A pinch of chilli pepper
Juice of 1 lemon

Method

  • Place the tahini in a bowl and whisk in the lemon juice, olive oil, salt and chilli powder.
  • Keep whisking until the dressing reaches the consistency of a runny mayonnaise and set aside.

 

For the chickpeas

Ingredients

2 400g tins of chickpeas, drained
2 level tsp smoked paprika
1 level tsp ground cumin
Salt & pepper to season

Method

  • Heat a large frying pan and add the chickpeas without oil.
  • Sprinkle on the paprika and cumin and dry-fry until well-coated.
  • Add salt and pepper to taste and take off the heat to cool to room temperature.

 

To serve

Ingredients

1 bunch of kale
100g cherry tomatoes
4 spring onions
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

Method:

  • To prepare the kale, blanche in boiling salted water for 90 seconds before dunking it straight into cold water to refresh. Shake off or use a colander to remove excess water and chop the kale.
  • Halve the cherry tomatoes and thinly slice the spring onions.
  • Gently toss together the chickpeas, kale, tomatoes and spring onions and extra virgin olive oil and drizzle with the prepared tahini dressing to finish.