Chickpeas and Green Beans Salad

A colourful salad, while cooking and prep. for tomorrow!

This salad goes to Melodie's Vegetarian Foodie Fridays # 32.

This was put together with the ingredients in the pantry and the fridge as part of today's lunch.

Ingredients

I Cup of cooked chickpeas/ Kabuli Chana [cooked with a pinch of turneric for colour]

2 Cups of fresh green beans, lightly cooked  with salt

1 Cup of fresh grated carrot [ I medium carrot]

6 mini sweet bell peppers of different colours

[ yellow, orange and red used here]

1/4 tsp aniseed

1/4 tsp cumin seeds

1/2 tsp kosher salt

1-2 tsps of good Olive Oil for dressing

Method

Cook the Chickpeas with a pinch of turmeric, drain and keep aside

Steam or boil the green beans for about 5 minutes and rinse under cool water, drain and keep aside

Slice the peppers into long strips

Heat an iron pan/ tawa  and dry roast the pepper slices for about 2 minutes on high heat, keep aside

Put everything into a bowl.

Heat 1 tsp of olive oil in the pan,

Temper the cumin and aniseeds.

Pour this seasoning over the assembled ingredients in the bowl.

Drizzle 1-2 tsps of olive oil,

sprinkle with kosher salt

Toss gently and sprinkle with kosher salt,

Serve.
Chanced upon this wonderful blog, based  in Hawaii. This goes to Deb's Souper Sundays.