Monday, January 5, 2009

Recipe #38 - Curried Chickpea-Tomato Salad

Serves four as a starter or side dish.

2 16 oz. cans chickpeas (garbanzo beans), drained and rinsed

3/4 cup nonfat plain yogurt
2 tsp. curry powder
1 tsp. turmeric
1/2 tsp. ground cumin
1/2 tsp. ground coriander
1/2 tsp. paprika
Pinch cayenne pepper
2 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice
2 Tbsp. chopped fresh parsley

2 large ripe tomatoes, cored, seeded and diced

4 large leaves red leaf lettuce, cleaned and patted dry

Put the yogurt in a large mixing bowl and whisk in all the spices and lemon juice. Add the chickpeas and stir gently but thoroughly. Add the tomatoes and stir to combine.

Place a lettuce leaf on each of four chilled serving plates. Spoon the chickpea salad on top and serve.

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