I love making salads, but most of the times I do not add legumes or pastas. My family prefer them simple. The Moroccan salad required chick peas, so I had to confirm with everyone if they would eat this one. I was happy that I was given a little freedom with ingredients.
This salad is one of the best salads I have had. It has so many flavors in it which makes it a hit one. My daughter and son in law both loved this salad and I have requests that either I make this soon or give them the recipe.
The lemon preserve is basic lemon pickle, Nimbu ka acahaar, which can be added right at the end and gives a very unique touch. The pomegranate molasses could be store bought. Since I did not get it here I decided to make it myself.This gives a wonderful tarty flavor . The apricots and cranberries were a treat in the salad. The pistachios along with the rest of ingredients made it so very Moroccan !!
Serving it on a bed of baby spinach makes it healthy too.
Moroccan Chick pea Salad
400g cans of chickpeas (garbanzos) drained, rinsed & strained / soaked overnight, boiled chickpeas
1 onion, diced
2 cloves garlic, minced
½ cup dried cranberries
1/4 cup dried apricots , sliced finely
1/4 preserved lemon, rind only, finely chopped
Juice of 1 fresh lemon
½ cup olive oil
2 tbs soy sauce
1 tbs ground cumin
1 tbs smoked sweet paprika
1 tbs ground cinnamon
2 cups baby spinach leaves
¼ cup finely chopped parsley / coriander
½ cup Greek yoghurt
⅓ cup pistachios, roughly chopped
Pomegranate Molasses , a few tbsps
Place the chickpeas in a bowl .
Add the onions, garlic, cranberries, preserved lemon, spices, olive oil, lemon juice and soy sauce in a large bowl.
Toss to combine and leave to marinate for at least an hour.
Add parsley / coriander.
Line a serving bowl or make a bed with the baby spinach leaves and top with the chickpeas.
You could top with the yogurt, pistachios and drizzle with the pomegranate molasses , though I mixed the nuts and molasses and topped with yogurt.
Check out the Moroccan Meal which features the following recipes….
Harcha, the Moroccan Bread
Coriander Yogurt
Pomegranate Molasses
Wow, what an amazing salad. So many ingredients, but I'm sure it must have tasted awesome.
Very interesting recipes, uses such a variety of ingredients from cranberries to soy sauce and molasses! Awesome!
Wow the ingredients list sure is long. This will be a hit at home.
I love how the salad looks, will surely make it soon..
I love chickpeas in my salad. I would not mind this salad minus the cranberries and apricots.
love chickpeas ! would love this salad.. bookmarking :-))
what a long list of ingredients..this looks fabulous
We are a huge fans of chickpea and this salad though has a lengthy list of ingredients sounds so delicious! Beautifully presented.
So many flavors in one salad, cranberrry, apricots, pomo molasses! Must be a riot of flavors in the mouth!