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Curried Chickpea Salad

Curried Chickpea Salad - Guess Who's Cooking

This plant-based salad is very easy and full of flavor – great for a quick make-ahead lunch. It’s cool, creamy, crunchy, chewy, sweet, savory, and rich. It’s easy to keep the ingredients on hand and throw this recipe together anytime. You can easily double the recipe and use it throughout the week, switching up how you serve it – on a romaine boat as pictured above (our favorite because it’s crisp and refreshing), on a salad, in a pita or wrap, or on a sandwich. It’s a great lunch to bring to work or school because it doesn’t need to be reheated, making the (delicious) smell much milder.

Curried Chickpea Salad

This plant-based salad is very easy and full of flavor - great for a quick make-ahead lunch. It's cool, creamy, crunchy, chewy, sweet, savory, and rich.

Course Main Course
Cuisine American, Indian
Keyword Beans, Chickpeas, Curry, Lunch, pita, plant-based, Salad, sandwich, vegan, vegetarian
Prep Time 10 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Servings 4

Ingredients

  • 15 ounce can chickpeas, rinsed and drained or 1 3/4 cup cooked chickpeas
  • 1/2 cup toasted cashews
  • 1/4 cup vegan mayonnaise could use regular mayo if it doesn't need to be vegan or egg-free
  • 1-2 carrots, finely diced
  • 1/4 cup raisins ideally organic
  • 2 tablespoons mango chutney
  • 1 stalk green onion, sliced about 2 tablespoons
  • 2 teaspoons curry powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt or to taste
  • 1/2 teaspoon black pepper

Instructions

  1. Optional: To achieve a softer texture and a mixture that sticks together more, mash about half of the chickpeas with a fork, picking out the loose skins afterwards. Alternatively, put the chickpeas in a towel and rub with the towel to loosen the skins first, then discard the skins and mash. 

    You can also skip this step and leave the chickpeas whole.


  2. Combine all ingredients in a bowl and stir until well combined. 

  3. Serve on top of a salad, in a romaine lettuce boat, or in a sandwich or pita. 

Curried Chickpea Salad - Guess Who's Cooking
In a whole wheat pita with green leaf lettuce
Curried Chickpea Salad - Guess Who's Cooking
On a whole grain bread sandwich with spring mix
On a spring mix salad
Curried Chickpea Salad - Guess Who's Cooking
On a sandwich, stored in a reusable silicone bag

Chickpea Blondies

These blondies are made with pureed chickpeas and contain no flour. They are vegan, dairy-free, grain-free, and gluten-free, assuming you don’t use honey or chocolate chips with dairy. These blondies are moist and delicious, and no one will know that they are made from chickpeas! They would make an excellent healthier holiday gift.
Chickpea Blondies - healthier, vegan, grain free, gluten free, dairy free. Guesswhoscooking.com

Chickpea Blondies

Serves 9
Prep time 10 minutes
Cook time 30 minutes
Total time 40 minutes
Meal type Dessert, Snack
These chickpea blondies are flour-less, gluten-free, dairy-free, and can be made 100% vegan.

Ingredients

  • 1/2 tablespoon virgin coconut oil (for greasing)
  • 1 can chickpeas (rinsed and drained)
  • 1/2 cup natural peanut butter
  • 1/3 cup maple syrup or agave (or honey, if not vegan)
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/3 cup mini dark chocolate chips (look for vegan chocolate if you want 100% vegan or dairy-free blondies)
  • coarse sea salt or Himalayan salt (for sprinkling)

Directions

Step 1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 8x8 baking pan with coconut oil.
Step 2
In a food processor, puree all remaining ingredients except for chocolate chips and salt. Blend until completely smooth. Stir in chocolate chips, then spoon batter into prepared baking pan.
Step 3
Bake for 25-30 minutes, until lightly golden brown on top and a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean. Let cool, then cut into squares and sprinkle lightly with salt.

Chickpea Blondies - healthier, vegan, grain free, gluten free, dairy free. Guesswhoscooking.com