Chickpea Salad Indian (Chana Salad)

Protein protein-packed, healthy gluten-free chickpea salad Indian recipe could be a game changer in your weight loss journey. It can help you to shed extra pounds maintain your energy level and keep you full for a long time.

This chana salad is loaded with high multivitamins and nutrients. Add in your post-workout meal. Prepared with boiled chickpeas and fresh veggies folded in an extremely delicious yogurt salad dressing.

Chickpea Salad Indian

In India (Baharat), chickpeas or garbanzo beans known as chana so it's a salad made with boiled chickpeas, veggies and yogurt salad dressing.

Most people in Europe recognize it as garbanzo bean salad. In India and Pakistan, famous as chana salad, and in America people love to have this chickpea salad.

There are so many ways to make this salad, you can make it in dry form with pan-fried chickpeas or with sauteed chickpeas depending on your choices.

Best to pair up with dinner recipes or enjoy solo at lunch time. I love to have it in my office lunch box.

Why Do I love This Recipe

Indian chickpea salad for weight loss is the best recipe that keeps me running throughout the day in a productive manner. Mostly I have it at lunch and when starving after working out. Basically, I am a true lover of Mediterranean salad and here I prepared the inspired version of chickpea salad in Indian style. Locally famous as chana salad. Fully loaded with soft and fluffy chickpeas and fresh vegetables dipped in a thick yogurt dressing that will make all the difference in taste.

I personally love chickpeas and want to experiment with different recipes with it. Here I used boiled chickpeas with juicy cucumber, mouth-melting tomatoes, soft and starchy boiled potatoes, and chopped onion with a spicy yogurt salad dressing that makes it perfect for Indian taste buds.

• It will prepare within 10 to 15 minutes
• Best to add proteins in diet.
• Easily pair up with most of the dishes to serve as a side dish.
• Low calorie recipe for weight loss.

Ingredients & Substitutions

Boiled Chickpea: Soft and fluffy chickpeas are good in taste. I used home-boiled dried chickpeas. Canned can be used!
Fresh Veggies: Cucumber | Boiled Potatoes | Tomato Cubes | Onion (Chopped) | Green chilies
Salad Dressing: Thick yogurt seasoned with salt, red chili powder, and black pepper.

How to Cook Chickpeas for Salad

It's easy to make this salad with boiled chickpeas that you can easily cook at home.

Here is the complete guide to boil dried chickpeas on stovetop without pressure cooker. See the post, to follow the process: How to Boil Dried Chickpeas at Home

Alternative way is to use the canned chickpeas that you can easily take from grocery store. Open, drain the canned water, wash and strain. Now it's ready to use in salad.

How to Make Chickpea Salad Indian Style

In a salad bowl add boiled chickpeas, cucumber cubes, boiled potato cubes, chopped onion, green chilies, and tomato cubes (without skin).

Prepare yogurt salad dressing: add yogurt to a bowl. Season with salt, red chilies, and black pepper also add chopped green chilies.

Mix it well and pour the yogurt into the chickpea salad bowl. Toss it well. and serve!

"Chickpea salad" is ready!! Serve with lunch or dinner.

Chickpea Salad Video Recipe

Easy Tips

In making chickpeas salad you can use different combinations of vegetables and dressing. Variations in salad dressing will give you a different taste of the salad. Here I used yogurt dressing as it's healthy but you can try it with other dressings that you like.

Here are some key tips to make your chickpeas salad bowl more scrumptious and tempting. You can opt for these tips to make a juicy and tempting salad for your lunch and dinner.

1. Make sure your chickpeas are fully boiled and soft. Hard chickpeas are not good for the stomach.
2. The size and shape of other vegetables should be uniform to prepare the perfect salad. Here I used small cubes of veggies.
3. You can use different vegetables as per your availability.
4. Add sweet corn, capsicum, carrots, cabbage, and other options.
5. Don't over spice the salad dressing.
6. In yogurt salad dressing, take nonwatery yogurt otherwise it will release water and your salad will be watery which will change the taste and look.
7. You can consume this salad within 12 hours by keeping it in a cool place otherwise it will change the taste.
8. Try to make a fresh salad. Don't store the salad in the refrigerator.
9. If you follow vegan diet then substitute yogurt with vegan yogurt.

How to Store Leftover Chickpea Salad

Yes, you can store this salad in the refrigerator for 2 to 3 days in an airtight glass container. Or you can make it ahead of time and take it out at the serving time.

Variations

There are plenty of ideas to add with this chickpea salad that you can use at your convenience. I have also tried this salad Avocadoes, Kale, and lettuce. In the same way, you can add feta or parmesan to add more flavor. Change in salad dressing will give it a new flavor. I have tried with lemon and olive oil dressing which is good to serve with baked chicken.

Serving

Personally, I prefer to make this chickpea salad with steamed or jeera rice along with the simple chicken curry. It fills my appetite for long hours and my family also loves to have it on weekdays dinner.

More Ideas With Chickpeas

• Falafel (Arabian snacks)
• Chana Biryani
• Roasted Chickpeas
• Sautéed Chickpeas
• Chole Masala
• Chana Pulao
• Chickpea Curry
• Aloo Chana Chaat

Q & A

SEE ALSO: How to Make Chaat Masala Powder at Home

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Chickpea Salad Indian (Chana Salad)

Protein protein-packed, healthy gluten-free chickpea salad Indian recipe could be a game changer in your weight loss journey. It can help you to shed extra pounds maintain your energy level and keep you full for a long time. This chana salad is loaded with high multivitamins and nutrients. Add in your post-workout meal. Prepared with boiled chickpeas and fresh veggies folded in an extremely delicious yogurt salad dressing.

Course Salad, Side Dish

Cuisine Indian, Pakistani

Keyword chana salad, chickpea salad indian

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Total Time 10 minutes minutes

Servings 3 Persons

Calories 190kcal

Equipment

• Bowl

Ingredients

• 1 cup Boiled Chickpeas
• ½ cup Cucumber diced
• ½ cup Boiled Potatoes diced
• ⅓ cup Tomato Cubes diced
• ⅓ cup Onion Chopped
• Yogurt Salad Dressing:
• 2 tablespoon Yogurt
• ½ teaspoon Salt
• ⅓ teaspoon Red Chili Powder
• ½ teaspoon Black Pepper
• 1 teaspoon Green Chilies Chopped

Instructions

• Boil chickpeas or use canned chickpeas.
• Cut the cucumber into small cubes.
• Boil Potatoes.
• Chop onions.
• Chop green chilies.
• Cut tomatoes into small cubes. Make sure to use tomatoes without skin.

Yogurt Salad Dressing

• Add yogurt to a bowl.
• Season with salt, red chilies, and black pepper.
• Now add chopped green chilies.
• Mix well to make a smooth sauce.

Assembling

• Now in a big bowl, add chickpeas, potatoes, cucumber, tomatoes, and onion.
• Pour salad dressing.
• Mix well.

Video

Notes

1. If you are making chickpeas at home then make sure to make it soft and tender as the hard may cause stomach pain.
2. You can add different vegetables as per your availability. Make sure the veg cutting should be uniform to make it presentable. Check the Variations tab to get more ideas to add to this salad.  
3. Using greek yogurt to make this salad. Thick yogurt will give you a good result. It will add creamy and consistent salad dressing.
4. Yogurt should be thick and smooth in texture. It should not release water. 
5. Fresh salad is good for health. Don't refrigerate for a long time.
6. Use fresh vegetables. 

Nutrition

Calories: 190kcal