Chickpea Celery Tahini Salad
A simple, fresh and healing salad.An excellent substitute for mayonnaise type salads.
Equipment
- large bowl,cutting board,knife,food processor ; optional - sturdy potato masher
Ingredients
- 2 cans chickpea in water (organic or without additives)
- 2 stalks celery finely chopped
- 1 piece large red onion finely chopped
- 2 pieces large clean white mushrooms finely chopped
- 4 tbsp tahini
- 1 big lemon juiced
- 5 tbsp lukewarm water
- ½ tsp ground pepper
- ¾ tsp salt
- 1 bunch dill finely chopped
Instructions
Let's make tahini dressing
- In a a bowl mix 4 tbsp tahini with lemon juice and after you obtain a light color paste add the lukewarm water and mix well with a small whisk preferably.
- Add salt,pepper maybe some chilli flakes too.Set aside.
Let's make the salad:
- Pour the chickpeas into a sieve and rinse very well under the faucet.
- Work in 2 batches since we have 2 cans of chickpeas.Add ½ of the chickpeas in a food processor and pulse,you don't want to make hummus, just to break them down.You will prefer to smash the remaining whole chickpeas with a fork then to process them too much.Repeat with the remaining chickpeas.Then use a fork and break down the remaining whole chickpeas.It's important for the texture of the salad.It's suppose to resemble tuna salad.Alternatively, if you don't have a food processor you can use a potato masher,preferably a sturdy one.
- Add the finely chopped celery stalks ,mushrooms and the red onion.Mix well then add dill, incorporate well.
- Finely add the tahini dressing and mix until you have nice smooth and crunchy mixture.Taste add season according to your preference.
- Serve immediately or keep in the fridge for 3-4 days
- Enjoy!
To make cashew mayonnaise as an alternative to tahini sauce:
- Soak 1/2 cup cashews overnight in cold water or 4 hours in hot water
- Blend soaked cashews withwater - should be the at the same level as the cashews in the blender 2 tbsp lemon juice, 1/2 tsp Himalaya salt, 1/4 tsp mustard powder, 1 tbsp soy sauce or white miso paste (optional)
Notes
- The original recipe does not include mushrooms but I personally think they are a great addition to this salad.
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