Healthy Chickpea Salad
- 30 min
- mild
- Serves 3
- 100% liked
Chickpea salad of spiced chana with lettuce, cucumber and tomato in an olive oil and honey dressing. Mild, serves 3, 30 minutes plus soaking, video.
You’ll need: Pressure Cooker
Good for: Summer
Ingredients
Chickpea (Chana)1 cup
WaterAs needed
Salt1 tsp
Oil1 tsp
Kashmiri Red Chilli Powder1 tsp
Cumin Powder2 tsp
Olive Oil3 tbsp
Honey¼ cup
Black Pepper Powder½ tsp
Iceberg Lettuce1 cup
Onion, Diced1
Tomato, Diced2
Cucumber, Small Dice2
Nutrition
Per 1 person, and for all 3 people. Worked out from the ingredients, so treat it as a close guide.
| Nutrient | Per 1 person | All 3 people |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 549kcal | 1647kcal |
| Protein | 16g | 48g |
| Carbohydrate | 82g | 247g |
| Fat | 23g | 68g |
| Fibre | 19g | 57g |
| Sugar | 33g | 98g |
Cookd masalas for chickpea (chana)
Method
Wash and soak the chickpeas for 6 hours and strain it.
Transfer the chickpeas to a cooker, add enough water till the chickpeas are submerged. Add ½ tsp of salt and pressure cook it for 5 whistles. Let the steam reduce gradually and strain the chickpeas.
Heat a pan, add very little oil and add the chickpeas.
Add kashmiri chilli and cumin powder. Mix well on a medium flame for 2 minutes.
To prepare the dressing, mix olive oil, honey and black pepper powder together.
To a mixing bowl, add lettuce, onion, tomato, cucumber, chickpeas and the dressing. Mix well till all of it combines evenly. Season the salad with salt. Mix well and serve.
Before you start
- How long does Healthy Chickpea Salad take?
- 30 minutes from start to finish. That is 15 minutes of preparation and 15 minutes of cooking.
- How many people does Healthy Chickpea Salad serve?
- 3. The ingredient quantities on this page rescale if you are cooking for a different number.
- Is Healthy Chickpea Salad vegetarian?
- Yes. No meat, no fish and no egg.
- Is Healthy Chickpea Salad spicy?
- It is mild: 1 on our scale of 3. Chilli scales gently when you change the servings, so doubling the recipe does not double the heat.
- What do I need to make Healthy Chickpea Salad?
- 1 cup Chickpea (Chana), 1 cup Iceberg Lettuce, 2 Tomato, 2 Cucumber, ¼ cup Honey, 1 Onion, and a few more listed on this page.
- Do I need a pressure cooker for Healthy Chickpea Salad?
- Yes, this one is cooked under pressure.
- How many calories are in Healthy Chickpea Salad?
- About 549 a serving. The full nutrition table is on this page, per serving and for the whole batch.
Tips from other cooks
2 notes- S
SakthiNovember 2023
I love this Simple Recipe, it's helpful for weight loss.
- C
A Cookd cookJune 2023
nice simple recipe! I felt if u use less honey it’s a perfect healthy recipe.


