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Curried Chickpea Salad with Walnuts and Currants
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 2 hours 45 minutes
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Ingredients
Salad:
- 2 cups chickpeas, dried; soaked in 8 cups water overnight*
- 4 bay leaf
- 3 cloves garlic, crushed
- 1 carrot, peeled, cut into large pieces
- 2 cinnamon, sticks
- 1/2 cup walnuts, California; toasted, lightly chopped
- 1/2 cup currants, dried
- 1 small onion, red; quartered, thinly sliced
- 2 cups arugula, wild
- 1 tbsp cilantro, fresh, chopped
Curry dressing:
- 2 tbsps curry powder
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 cup mayonnaise, light
- 1/4 cup cilantro, fresh, chopped
- 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
- 1 lime, juiced
- salt and pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Drain chickpeas of their soaking liquid. Place in a large stockpot and cover with fresh water; stir in bay leaves, garlic, carrot and cinnamon. Cook for about 1 1/2 hours or until chickpeas are tender, seasoning with salt at the end of cooking. Let cool, then drain and measure 4 cups of chickpeas.
- In a small sauté pan, toast curry powder in olive oil until it becomes fragrant.
- Whisk into mayonnaise with cilantro, cayenne pepper and lime juice; season with salt and pepper then stir in chickpeas, currants, red onion and walnuts. Divide arugula between plates and top with equal amounts of chickpeas. Sprinkle each with a little chopped cilantro.
- *To quickly soak beans, bring to a boil in plenty of water to cover. Boil for 5 minutes, then remove from heat and let stand for 1 hour.
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