Cumin And Coriander Spiced Chick-Pea Salad

Recipe Ingredients

		For The Dressing
2 tablespoons	30ml	Fresh lemon juice
2 tablespoons	30ml	White-wine vinegar
2		Garlic cloves - minced, and
		Mashed to a paste with
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Salt
1 1/2 teaspoons	7.5ml	Grated peeled fresh ginger root
1 teaspoon	5ml	Ground cumin - or to taste
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Cayenne or dried hot red pepper flakes - or to taste
1/2 cup	118ml	Olive oil
		For The Salad
4		Chick-peas - (19 oz ea) - rinsed, drained well
2		Yellow bell peppers - chopped fine
1		Scallions - (sm bunch) - sliced thin
1/2 cup	73g / 2.6oz	Finely-chopped fresh coriander - or to taste

Recipe Instructions

Make the dressing: In a bowl whisk together the lemon juice, the vinegar, the garlic paste, the ginger root, the cumin, the cayenne, and salt and pepper to taste, add the oil in a stream, whisking, and whisk the dressing until it is emulsified.

In a large bowl stir together the chick-peas, the bell peppers, the scallions, the coriander, and the dressing and chill the salad, covered, overnight.

This recipe yields 8 servings.

Source:
COOKING LIVE with Sara Moulton - Recipe courtesy of Gourmet Magazine - From the TV FOOD NETWORK - (Show # CL-9134 broadcast 05-21-1998) - Downloaded from their Web-Site - http://www.foodtv.com

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