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Peruvian chickpea, avocado & quinoa salad

30 min

Easy

2

Ingredients
  • 50g uncooked quinoa

  • Half a cucumber, cubed

  • 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

  • 1 cup cherry tomtaoes, quartered

  • small pack coriander, leaves roughly chopped

  • 1 red onion, trimmed and finely sliced

  •  zest and juice of 1 lime

  • 1/2 a red chilli, finely chopped (deseeded if you don’t like it too hot)

  • 1 ripe but firm avocado

  • 200g cooked or tinned chickpeas

Method
  • Half-fill a medium pan with water and bring to the boil. Rinse the quinoa in a fine sieve, then add to the water, stir well and simmer for 12 mins or until just tender.

  • Rinse the cooked quinoa in a sieve under cold water, then press hard with a serving spoon to remove excess water.

  • Tip the quinoa into a bowl and toss with the olive oil, cucumber, tomatoes, coriander, onion, lime zest and chilli. Season well with black pepper.

  • Halve and stone the avocado. Scoop out the flesh with a large metal spoon, cut into slices and combine with the lime juice. Add the chickpeas and avocado to the salad and toss gently together before serving.

  • To Dress mix some dry chillies , lime juice, apple cider vinegar and honey in a small bowl till combined and drizzle over the salad.

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