CHEFS' RECIPES
Organic chickpea and olive oil salad with Chinese flavours

Organic chickpea and olive oil salad with Chinese flavours

Serves 6



Salad
200 gm (1 cup)   organic kabuli chickpeas, soaked overnight (see note)
1 small   Spanish onion, finely sliced
1 small   vine-ripened tomato, finely chopped
1 small   carrot, peeled into ribbons
½ cup (firmly packed)   mint leaves
½ cup (firmly packed)   coriander leaves
Dressing
1   egg yolk
2 tbsp   cane sugar (see note)
60 ml (¼ cup)   tamari (see note)
60 ml (¼ cup)   brown rice vinegar (see note)
60 ml (¼ cup)   extra-virgin olive oil (see note)


1 Drain chickpeas, place in a heavy-based saucepan and cover with cold water. Bring to the boil over high heat, then reduce heat to medium and simmer, adding more water if necessary, for 1-1½ hours or until tender. Drain and set aside.
2 For the dressing, whisk the egg yolk and sugar in a bowl until pale and frothy. Add tamari and vinegar and whisk to combine, then add the olive oil and whisk until combined.
3 Combine, chickpeas, remaining ingredients and dressing in a large bowl, arrange on a platter, drizzle over dressing and serve immediately.

Note Kabuli chickpeas are a large yellow variety with a nutty creamy flavour. Kylie uses Nolans Road Kabuli Chickpeas. She also uses Alter Eco Fair Trade Unrefined Ground Cane Sugar, available from select health food stores.Tamari is a wheat-free soy sauce. Kylie prefers to use Spiral Foods Organic Tamari and Organic Brown Rice Vinegar available from supermarkets and health food stores. Kylie uses Nolans Road Extra-Virgin Olive Oil available from select delicatessens.

RECIPE Kylie Kwong PHOTOGRAPHY Emma Reilly STYLING Lynsey Fryers


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