Balila -lebanese chickpea salad

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4 servings

Very Easy

25 min

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The salad is spicy and pinenuts add a different crunch.

Ingredients

• Chickpeas: 1/2 cup presoaked and cooked till done. OR Canned chickpeas
• Olive Oil
• Cumin powder
• Garlic: 1-2 small cloves minced/crushed
• Salt as per taste
• Pine nuts: handful
• Butter: 1-2 tablespoons

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Preparation

• Cook chickpeas till done. Drain the chickpeas and mix it with salt, cumin powder, crushed garlic and olive oil.
• This is actually a dressing to the chickpeas. Melt butter in a pan,add in pinenuts and saute till golden brown.
• Pour this pinenuts along with the remaining butter on top of the chickpea mixture as a garnish.

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