Curry Chickpea Salad
This simple curry chickpea salad is full of flavor and protein. It makes a great healthy lunch or an easy, dairy free side dish.
What I love about this curry chickpea salad
If there’s one thing I’ve learned about myself and my readers in the past couple years, it’s that we love a good chickpea salad. I don’t know if it’s the endless possibilities or the idea that chickpeas are healthy, but they’ve become some of my most popular recipes to date.
Personally, I like to think I’m the healthiest eater alive when I’m devouring a bowl full of these nutritious nuggets. This particular chickpea salad is basically a knock-off of my curry chicken salad, but I tweaked a few ingredients to bring out the slightly nutty flavor of the chickpeas.
I swapped out the cashews for some peanuts (mostly because that’s what I already had). I added more celery and took out a little onion. Plus, I threw in some cider vinegar and olive oil to enhance the flavors of the ingredients a make the mayonnaise go a little further.
Here’s what you’ll need to make it
How to make curry chickpea salad
Mix ingredients. Combine chickpeas with peanuts, raisins, peppers, celery, onions, cilantro and spices in a large mixing bowl. Gently stir in the mayonnaise, oil and vinegar until all ingredients are evenly coated.
Serve the salad. You can serve this chickpea salad in pita bread, on a bed of spring mix, in a lettuce wrap or straight out of the bowl. If you are serving this over a spring mix, try tossing them with a bit extra oil and vinegar before topping with the curry chickpea salad.
FAQ’s and tips for making curry chickpea salad
You can absolutely freeze it! This salad will keep well frozen for up to 3 months if stored in an airtight container.
If you used canned chickpeas for this recipe you do not have to cook them. If you are using dried chickpeas you will need to boil them in salted water for about 1 ½ – 2 hours.
It will last about 4-5 days if you store it in the fridge.
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PrintCurry Chickpea Salad
This simple curry chickpea salad is full of flavor and protein. It makes a great healthy lunch or an easy dairy free side dish.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 8 servings 1x
Ingredients
- 2 cans chickpeas
- 3/4 cup diced green bell pepper
- 2 stalks celery, diced
- 1/3 cup diced onion
- 1/3 cup golden raisins
- 1/3 cup salted cocktail peanuts
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
- 2 teaspoons curry powder
- 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 – 2 teaspoons cider vinegar
- 3/4 cup light mayonnaise or vegan mayo
- Salt & pepper to taste
Instructions
- If desired, slightly mash chickpeas with a fork or potato masher.
- In a large bowl, combine all salad ingredients.
- Stir until ingredients are evenly coated with mayonnaise.
- Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Category: Salad
- Method: Mixing
Nutrition
- Serving Size:
- Calories: 233
- Sugar: 6 g
- Sodium: 808 mg
- Fat: 12.1 g
- Saturated Fat: 1.7 g
- Carbohydrates: 26 g
- Fiber: 6.7 g
- Protein: 7.8 g
- Cholesterol: 3.6 mg
Published: March 26, 2014. Updated: December 4, 2023.
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