Balila -lebanese chickpea salad

Name: Balila -lebanese chickpea salad
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: En
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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Starter

4 servings

Very Easy

25 min

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

Preparation

Preparation10 min

Cook time15 min

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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