Kale salad with Smoky Chickpeas
This kale salad with smoky chickpeas is a delightful healthy meal you'll love. The smoked paprika adds the smoky note on the chickpea, making kale salad recipe very delicious.
Servings: 4 people
Calories:
Equipment
- A vegetable steamer
- A large salad bowl
Ingredients
- 3 large kale leaves
- 2 cups cooked chickpeas
- ½ small sweet potato ( choose colored)
- ½ little piece butternut about a cup or two
- ½ a small piece culiflower head
- ½ bell pepper; diced
- 2 clove of garlic
- 2 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1 teaspoon garam masala
- 3 tbs cold-pressed oil
- 1 teaspoon vinegar ( I used apple cider vinegar)
- salt
- cayenne or hot spice of your choice
- lemon
Instructions
Marinated kales
- Clean and destem kales cutting them into bite sizes, put them in a big salad bowl
- Dice the garlic put it on the kales
- Add vinegar and a tbs of oil, sprinkle with some salt
- Press half of the lemon on the kale
- Massage the kale leaves by squeezing them with your hands.
- Cover the bowl with a kitchen cloth and let kale marinate for 30 mins
Steamed veggies
- Clean all your veggies and cut them into chunks
- Put them in a steamer, sprinkle them with some salt, and steam for 15 mins or so, till a knife can go through the sweet potato
- Remove them and put them in a bowl with cold water to cool them
Smoked chickpeas
- Drain your chickpeas before preparing the kales
- In a pan add the smoked paprika, garam masala, and 1 tbs of oil. Let them heat on a medium-high heat but don't let the oil smoke
- Bring the chickpeas in the pan, stir them well so that they're coated with the spices
- Cover and stir now and then for about 7 mins, spices will coat on the pan
- Cut off the heat and remove the chickpeas from the pan
- Bring the kale in the pan and stir, cover with a lid for about 5mins. The kale will pick up the smoked paprika that is coating the base of the pan but you can also add a teaspoon of water and scrape off the spices with a wooden spoon then mix the kale around the pan.
Assembling marinated kale salad
- You can opt to serve the kale bowl in individual bowls separating each ingredient OR
- You can add all the ingredients in the large bowl and toss them gently. Personally, I love them this way
- Sprinkle with salt and cayenne pepper. Add the last tbs of oil, and mix well. Serve after tasting for seasoning.
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Notes
- Depending on the sizes of your veggies, they might take longer or short time to steam.
- You don't have to count or weigh these veggies, make a lot and keep them in the fridge for the meals to come, plus, you need to eat a lot of vegetables anyway.