Oriental Carrot Salad with Chickpeas

In today’s post, I’ll show you a simple recipe for a delicious carrot salad with chickpeas & an oriental dressing made from orange juice, lime juice, honey, olive oil, turmeric & ground cumin.

This oriental carrot salad with chickpeas is really super quick to prepare and is suitable both as a full lunch and as a side dish for the next barbecue party. Have fun cooking!




Cooked/Baked today: Oriental Carrot Salad with Chickpeas
Difficulty: Easy
Preparation Time: 15 minutes
Category: Salad Recipes, Barbecue Recipes, Recipes with Carrots, Recipes with Chickpeas, Fast Food, Simple Recipes, Oriental Recipes, Veggie
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Ingredients for 1 large bowl full of salad:

• 4 – 5 large carrots
• 1 large can chickpeas
• 1 bunch spring onions
• 1 large orange
• 1 lime
• 10 – 12 dried apricots
• A handful each of parsley & mint
• A teaspoon each of turmeric & ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon honey for dressing
• 2 – 3 tablespoons olive oil for dressing
• Salt & pepper

Required kitchen gadgets, helper & preparations:

• Lemon squeezer
• Sieve or colander to drain chickpeas
• Kitchen grater for carrots
• Large bowl for salad

Instructions:




…for oriental carrot salad with chickpeas:

For the dressing, halve the orange and lime and squeeze out the juice with a lemon squeezer. Pour the fruit juice into a large salad bowl, also add 1 teaspoon each of turmeric & ground cumin, 1 teaspoon honey, a good dash of olive oil & a good pinch of salt & pepper.

Mix the dressing briefly with a whisk until all the ingredients have been evenly distributed & then set the salad bowl aside for a moment. Peel the carrots and cut or slice them thinly. Cut the spring onions into fine rolls. Cut the dried apricots into thin strips. Finely chop parsley & mint.

Drain the chickpeas in a colander. Then add all the ingredients for the salad to the dressing in the bowl & mix everything together well. Allow the done salad stand a little & then serve. Have fun cooking!




Video Tutorial:

Watch the video tutorial to see the recipe and the preparation method precisely (German Audio only, English Subtitles available):