chatpata chana and summer chickpea and feta salad

CHATPATA CHANA (CHICKPEA) :

Chatpata chana /chickpea ,is the best tea-time snack to munch,very spicy and crunchy ,i had bookmarked this long back at divya's dilse place but tried them yesterday only,its kinda easy dish and i was inspired by her to bake these chanas instead of deep frying them ,it was healthy and guilt free and low calorie dish,the taste was just Mmmmm...Mmmmmm, kurkure and chatpata.

ingredients :

1 cup chickpeas/kabuli chana

2 tsps olive oil (optional,or u can  use any oil )

1 tsp corriander pwd

2-3 tsp red chilli pwd ( adjust acc )

1 tsp garam masala-optional

1 tsp cumin pwd

salt to taste

lemon juice to taste

method :

Soak chickpeas overnight,strain all the water.Preheat oven at 425 F . Mix red chilli pwd,salt,cumin pwd,corriander pwd,garam masala  salt and oil (if using ) together and mix soaked chickpeas in this masala mixture,squeeze some lemon juice and mix well,spread chickpeas in baking tray and bake for 30-40 mins or till  crispy and crunchy.(pls keep an eye as the time may vary or else u may get burnt chanas ),let it cool down and store it in air tight containers for a week.

SUMMER CHICKPEA AND FETA SALAD :

I have adapted this recipe from Jamie oliver,the famous british chef  and offlate im just felling in luv with him and his creations :P,it was couple of months back when i was following australia's master chef ,i came to know about jamie oliver and since then i became his huge fan,i simply luv his vegeterain recipes and this one is my favourite salad from his website,i also have read his book "happy days with the naked chef ,Jamie oliver " and will sometime surely make those bookmarked vegeterian recipes.The original recipe you can find here.Even my daughter loved this salad very much and i was quite surprised ,she liked the combo of feta and chicpeas very much,it was quite flavourful and fresh.Just keep in mind to add salt only if required as feta cheese is very salty and even i had salt while boiling chickpeas.

serves 2 ppl

ingredients :

1 cup chickpeas/kabuli chana

2tbsp finely chopped tomato 

2tbsp finely chopped red onion

1/2 dry red chilli ,chopped finely

1 tbsp finely chopped mint leaves and basil each

2 tbsp roughly crumbled feta cheese by hands

1-2 tsp olive oil ,optional (i didnt add any oil )

salt to taste

black pepper pwd to taste

lemon juice to taste

method :

Soak kabuli chana overnight ,pressure cook with little salt till tender,drain the water and keep aside.Mix tomatoes,onions,red chiili,olive oil (if using ),salt,black pepper pwd,lemon juice,mint and basil all togther .Add this dressing in bolied chickpeas and mix well.When serving add the crumbled feta cheese and serve immediately.

Sending both the recipes to the following events :-

1. nithu bala for hosting this mth's  cwf -lb : chickpeas event started by kiran.

2.priya mitharwal for hosting this mth's "only" series low oil/low cal event by pari.