Black chickpea salad with yogurt | Glutenfreewhisk

 This salad is a refreshing chickpea salad that is creamy because of the salad's yogurt dressing and is a complete meal that is high in protein and taste. With Indian flavors this chickpea salad qualifies as Kala chana chaat that is super yummy and addictive. High protein meals are in demand because our thalis usually are full of carbohydrates but kala chana or black chickpea is high in protein and makes this salad a high protein salad meal that is too irresistible.

The recipe is quite simple, and you only need to pressure cook overnight soaked black chana and pan fry (not deep fry, just shallow fry) potato cubes with oil, salt and roasted cumin powder. You can obviously add red chili flakes or powder as per your taste. I don't like my home cooked meals to be spicy at all. Because I believe in eating simple (and I mean it, food with minimal spices) and that's the beauty of good food for me. But if you are a spicy food lover go ahead with chopped green chili as well. Rest of the salad is just chopped lettuce, tomatoes, coriander and some basic home spices. You will find some kala chana tadka chaat recipe available online as well. But instead of making a tadka, I am keeping it simple with minimal oil.

Call it a black chickpea salad or kala chana chaat this recipe is perfect for Indian palate as we love our onions, and spices. I am using epigamia's natural Greek yogurt that is high in protein than the regular curd and is naturally thick because this recipe requires thick curd or yogurt. If you are using regular homemade curd, then you can hang it in a muslin cloth for minimum of 30 minutes to reach the desired curd consistency. You don't want your salad or chaat to be watery right. You want it creamy and tasty.

If you are curd or yogurt lover and eating it daily is a mandatory thing for you, which apparently should be the case ideally, then you can even check my chicken salad with cucumber and carrot that has a curd/yogurt marination and curd/yogurt dressing. For vegan and vegetarian version replace chicken with tofu and paneer respectively. Chaat masala powder is the highlight of this recipe because the kick that chaat masala gives to this salad even lemon juice couldn't reach that high. But if you don't have chaat masala available use lemon juice instead.

Salads can be made with so many healthy ingredients and the best part is they aid in weight loss if you are in your weight loss journey and you don't have to compromise with your taste buds. This weight loss chickpea salad recipe is one such recipe that you will get addicted to. All the salads in my salad series are not just one time salad, but they are so good that you will forget junk and make these quick, healthy and super delicious salad recipes on repeat. You can make them vegetarian, vegan, non-vegetarian, oil-free, gluten-free just like that with simple changes.

With these amazing salads being gluten-free or even vegan won't be a challenge. Try mixed chickpeas and cape gooseberry salad recipe if you love high protein chickpeas. And I am proud of the flavors of this salad.

Check this amazing floral snack serving plate from Lemon Tree, its dishwash, oven and microwave safe and serving your Black chickpea salad with yogurt will be just perfect. And the best part is there are so many patterns and variations to choose from.

INGREDIENTS -

1 cup boiled black chickpeas or Kala chana

2 potatoes cubes, cooked with salt and roasted cumin powder 

4 lettuce leaves, roughly chopped

8 baby tomatoes, chopped

4 rings pickled onions, chopped

Handful of chopped coriander leaves

85 gm Greek yogurt

2 tsp chaat masala

salt to taste 

1 tsp black pepper powder

2 tsp roasted cumin powder

METHOD -

1. In a bowl take the Greek yogurt, add salt, roasted cumin powder, black pepper powder and chaat masala to it. Give it a good mix. 

2. Next add chopped coriander to it. Mix it well. Now add boiled black chickpeas, roasted potatoes, chopped lettuce, tomatoes and chopped pickled onions.

3. Give everything a good toss or until the yogurt dressing is over all the other ingredients. Serve immediately garnishing with some coriander leaves. Indulge.

Note - Add chopped green chili if you want. If you don't have chaat masala add lemon juice (1 lemon) to the salad as a replacement. Use nice high in protein Greek yogurt or thick hung curd. (Read the description above for details.)

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Black chickpea salad with yogurt | Glutenfreewhisk