Chickpea salad

Chickpea salad

Appetizers

A fresh and flavorful chickpea, onion, tomato, and herb salad, perfect for a light meal.

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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

4 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

  1. Rinse the lentils and arrange them in a dish about 2 cm deep. ≈ 4 min
  2. Pour: Pour, pour a hot water (just enough to cover them by about 2 cm). ≈ 3 min
  3. Cover the dish with a lid and let it rest so that they can rise.
  4. 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
  5. Add the tomato sauce and peppers, and cook everything together. ≈ 3 min
  6. Remove the pot from the heat. ≈ 3 min
  7. Add the remaining ingredients to this mixture. ≈ 3 min
  8. Next, squeeze the lemon and mix everything together with the cooked lentils. ≈ 4 min
  9. The yogurt is ready to be served. ≈ 2 min
  10. 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.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • Half a package of bulgur for the meatballs
  • 1 large onion
  • 1 medium-sized tomato
  • 2 tablespoons of tomato puree
  • 1 tablespoon of hot pepper paste
  • 1 pointed bell pepper
  • 2 fresh green onions
  • 3-4 leaves of green lettuce (your choice)
  • 1. One stalk of parsley, one fresh leek
  • Spices (rosemary, mint, sumac, nutmeg walnut, parsley, etc.)
  • A lemon
  • 1/2 cup of olive oil

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