Chikpeas Turkish Salad...Nohut Piyazi

If there is a legume that I love, it is chickpeas....well well well....my heart is divided between chickpeas and lentils.....and this chickpeas salad won my heart!!

Nohut Piyazi

300 g dry chickpeas. You will have to soak it overnight, and then cook al dente 

2 small onions sliced

4 garlic cloves chopped

1 red pepper in small cubes

3 sun dried tomatoes soaked in water and  sliced

70 ml Olive oil

3 tsp hot paprika powder

1 tsp ground cumin

1 tsp chili pepper flakes 

1 tsp ground sumac

3 tbsp  lemon juice freshly squeezed

1/2 cup chopped parsley

1/2 cup chopped cilantro

8 leaves fresh basil

3 tsp salt or to taste

Olive oil

 In a pan, heat 3 tbsp oil or olive oil and add the chickpeas. Add one tsp salt and  paprika. Cook it for 5 minutes until chickpeas. Set aside the chickpeas.

In a pan, heat olive oil and add onions, garlic, red pepper and the sun dried tomatoes. Sautee them for 6 minutes.  Turn off the stove, and let it cool. Add the cumin, chili flakes and sumac. Add this mixture to the chickpeas, and mix it well. Add the parsley, cilantro, and basil. Add the lemon, and correct it for salt. ENJOY!!