Smashed chickpea and feta salad
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- A little effort
- Serves 2
Ingredients
- ½ lemon, juiced
- olive oil
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 1 small red chilli, seeded and diced
- 400g tin chickpeas, rinsed and drained
- ½ red onion, chopped
- ¼ cucumber, diced
- 6 baby plum tomatoes, halved
- 50g feta, crumbled
- a small bunch dill or flat-leaf parsley, chopped
Method
- STEP 1
Whisk the lemon juice, 2 tbsp oil, cumin seeds and chilli with some seasoning in a large bowl. Lightly mash the chickpeas with a potato masher or the end of a rolling pin, and add them to the dressing bowl with the onion, cucumber and tomatoes, and leave to marinate for 5 minutes. Stir through the feta and herbs to serve.
