Friday, December 31, 2010

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.

23 comments:

  1. That looks yummy! Wishing you and your family a Happy New year 2011!

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  2. How delicious! I would love to try this! Thanks!

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  3. What a colorful-healthy salad, looks splendid.

    Happy New Year:)

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  4. Thanks Toreviewtoronto, M D, Melodie and Malar!

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  5. Que de couleurs dans cette salade. Elle est magnifique.
    Tous mes vœux pour 2011.
    Que cette année soit encore une année de saveurs et de gourmandises.
    A très bientôt

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  6. wow, that looks simply beautiful, colorful and superb. Happy new year dear.

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  7. What a colourful and refreshing Salad! Wishing you a happy new year dear :-)

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  8. Such a pretty salad--so many colors! Thanks for sharing it with Souper Sundays. So nice to have you join in this week. Hope you come back again.
    ;-)

    Aloha,

    Deb

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  9. Thankyou Nadji, Priya, Rachana and Deb!

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  10. Happy New Year!!!!...
    simply delicious n healthy..

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  11. What a gorgeous salad...I just love the spices you have added here :)
    Happy 2011

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  12. Thankyou Sarah, Magic of Spice! Happy new year to you too!

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  13. If a salad looks like this, I have no complaints in having it ;-)Happy New Year !

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  14. Thanks Gulmohar! Happy New Year to you too!

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  15. That is so colour and refreshing...sometime left over in the fridge can serve wonders ...i will copy this salad for sure...very colourful ...very happy new year to you and your family! :)

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  16. This salad looks delicious and colorful. I need to try this one.

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  17. This looks so fresh, vibrant and delicious! And it includes some of my favorite things!

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  18. Love the colors. Deep and beautifully bright!

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  19. Thanks MD Reeni and Swathi!

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  20. Pretty looking salad!! colourful and healthy!!
    Loving your cute space!! :)

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