Delicious Spicy Chickpea Salad

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 cups chickpeas
• 1 spring onion, chopped and cut into small peices
• 2 teaspoons cumin
• 4 tablespoons vinegar
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 5 lemons, juice of
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 2 garlic cloves, chopped into very fine pieces (don't fry)
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 1/4 pita bread, shredded
• sauteed green beans (optional) or peas (optional) or carrot (optional)
• mushroom (optional)
• sweet corn (optional)
• chopped tomato (optional)
• black olives (optional)

Recipe

• 1 if you don't have ready chickpeas, then you need to use raw chickpeas soaked overnight in water. drain after 12 to 14 hours and boil in hot water adding juice of 1 lemon and 2 garlic cloves. drain allow to cool then start to use. if you have ready beans then great,.
• 2 in a jar: mix olive oil with juice from all lemons, adding vinegar, salt, cumin and pepper. cover lid and shake very well.
• 3 add mixture to chopped spring onions.
• 4 in a separate bowl mix chickpeas with finely chopped garlic and paprika.
• 5 add to previous mixture.
• 6 add any optional ingredients from above.
• 7 refrigerate for 2 hours.
• 8 add the grilled pieces of bread just before serving and bon appetit.