Boab and spiced chickpea salad recipe
- Cuisine: Modern Australian
Ingredients
1 tsp coriander seeds (ground)
1/2 tsp cumin seeds (ground)
1 small dried chilli (crushed/ground)
Pinch of salt
Ground pepper
400 g chickpeas, washed and well drained (until dry)
5 boab roots peeled and sliced fine lengthways (julienned) -cut just prior to use
A handful boab leaves finely chopped
1 tbsp olive oil
A squeeze of lemon juice
Preparation
Grind all the dry spice ingredients together.
Heat a wok or small fry pan with some olive oil then add the spice mixture. Fry briefly taking care not to burn the spices.
Add the chickpeas and stir to heat and coat with the spice mixture.
Add the julienned boab root and leaves and warm through for just a minute or so.
Prior to serving, squeeze over lemon or lime.
This can be served as a side dish with steak or kangaroo fillet and couscous.
If you enjoyed this Boab and spiced chickpea salad recipe then browse more Modern Australian recipes, salad recipes and our most popular hainanese chicken rice recipe.
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