FOOD LIBRARY

Spinach Salad Bowl

Ingredients

  • 180 g fresh spinach leaves
  • 80 g cooked chickpeas (chana)
  • 60 g cucumber, diced
  • 40 g red onion, thinly sliced
  • 40 g plain low-fat yogurt
  • 1 tsp cumin seeds
  • 1 tsp lemon juice
  • 1/2 tsp chaat masala
  • 1/4 tsp turmeric
  • 1 tsp oil for tempering

Preparation

  1. Blanch spinach briefly, drain well, and roughly chop.
  2. Warm chickpeas with turmeric and a pinch of salt.
  3. Dice cucumber and slice onion; combine with spinach and chana.
  4. Heat oil, crackle cumin seeds, cool slightly, then stir into yogurt with lemon and chaat masala.
  5. Toss salad with the yogurt-tadka dressing.
  6. Serve immediately as one moderate bowl.