Description
This Balela salad is a fresh Middle Eastern chickpea salad packed with herbs, vegetables, lemon, and olive oil. A healthy, flavorful make-ahead side dish.
Ingredients
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- 3 cups cooked garbanzo beans- ( 2 cans, drained and rinsed)
- 1 red bell pepper-diced
- 1 yellow bell pepper-diced
- 1 cup chopped vine ripened tomatoes
- 1 cup chopped cucumber
- 5 scallions, sliced on the diagonal
- 1/2 cup to 1 cup fresh mint- chopped
- 1/2 cup to 1 cup Italian parsley - chopped
- 1 garlic clove finely minced
- 1 teaspoon salt and pepper, plus more to taste
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- zest of one lemon
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon sumac ( optional)
- 1/4-1/2 teaspoon cayenne or aleppo chili flakes
Instructions
- Place all ingredients in a big bowl.
- Toss well and taste, adjusting salt, lemon, and spice level.
- Serve with salad greens or pita and tahini sauce,
Notes
Optional sides –toasted pita bread, or tortilla wraps, baba ganoush, tahini sauce for drizzling, hummus, crumbled feta or a big bed a of greens.
Keeps up to 4 days in the fridge!
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cup
- Calories: 211
- Sugar: 2.4 g
- Sodium: 665.1 mg
- Fat: 12 g
- Saturated Fat: 2 g
- Carbohydrates: 20.1 g
- Fiber: 6.1 g
- Protein: 8.3 g
- Cholesterol: 64.6 mg
