Chickpeas salad recipe with White Lentils

Everyone loves the salads, so do I. I am always experimenting with food to get some new taste and the most common salad in our house is chickpeas salad. Chickpeas salad with onion, tomatoes, and yogurt but today, I thought to break the norm and go for an unusual combination of chickpeas salad with white lentils. Is not it unusual? but it is amazing, filling and I felt so relaxed. It was amazing. have a look at an unusual recipe for Chickpeas Salad.

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Ingredients:

1 cup Chickpeas (white) (boiled and softened, you can use can too, but drain the water and rinse properly before use)
1 cup White Lentils – (Black Gram Skinned and Split) (boiled and softened)
4 tablespoon sweet corn
Salt (to taste)
¼ teaspoon cumin seeds
1 teaspoon chili sauce (optional)
2 tablespoon finely chopped coriander
1 tablespoon Olive oil (optional but recommended)
Black pepper (to taste)
1 teaspoon White vinegar or lemon or lime juice (if you like)
Green Chili (optional, to garnish, I do not use if my kids have to eat with me.)

Directions

This is very easy Chickpeas salad and it will take hardly 15 minutes for you.
Rinse and drain Chickpeas, white lentils, and sweet corns. Add to a strainer and remove water properly.
Now take a large bowl and add one to one all ingredients. Staring from chickpeas, then add white lentils and top with sweet corns.
Now sprinkle salt, pepper and cumin seeds.
Toss with a spatula or spoon to mix all ingredients well.
Drizzle some olive oil and add some lemon juice. Mix again.
Sprinkle some green coriander and green chili and enjoy.

You will be amazed to see how light and filling this chickpeas salad is.

Enjoy!!

Chickpeas salad recipe with White Lentils