Chickpea salad
A fresh and flavorful chickpea, onion, tomato, and herb salad, perfect for a light meal.
This salad is perfect for hot days. It’s refreshing and full of flavor.
Ingredients and directions
- Prep time30 min
- Cook time—
- Resting15 min
- Total45 min
- DifficultyEasy
- CostModerate
- Cooking methodsalad
- Estimated cost$16.65 $4.16 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 7, 2026.
Ingredients
people
- $6.84
- $0.15
- $0.34
- $0.39
- $0.38
- $3.16
- $3.90
- $0.34
- $0.15
- $1.00
Prices from US supermarkets for 6 of 10 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.
Directions
- Rinse the lentils and arrange them in a dish about 2 cm deep. ≈ 4 min
- Pour: Pour, pour a hot water (just enough to cover them by about 2 cm). ≈ 3 min
- Cover the dish with a lid and let it rest so that they can rise.
- While that’s happening, finely chop the onions, either using a grater or by sautéing them in olive oil until they are golden brown. ≈ 8 min
- Add the tomato sauce and peppers, and cook everything together. ≈ 3 min
- Remove the pot from the heat. ≈ 3 min
- Add the remaining ingredients to this mixture. ≈ 3 min
- Next, squeeze the lemon and mix everything together with the cooked lentils. ≈ 4 min
- The yogurt is ready to be served. ≈ 2 min
- Enjoy your meal. ≈ 3 min
The bill
Chickpea salad
- Half a package of bulgur for the meatballs$6.84
- 1 large onion$0.15
- 1 medium-sized tomato$0.34
- 2 tablespoons of tomato puree$0.39
- 1 tablespoon of hot pepper paste$0.38
- 1 pointed bell pepper$3.16
- 3-4 leaves of green lettuce (your choice)$3.90
- 1. One stalk of parsley, one fresh leek$0.34
- A lemon$0.15
- 1/2 cup of olive oil$1.00
Total$16.65
that's $4.16 per person
Estimated price; varies by store.
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