Recipe

Brighten Up Your Day With This Mediterranean-Inspired Chickpea Salad

Last week I went to Café Parvis for the very first time. For the most part the food was pretty good, but I was especially blown away by their chickpea salad. I had never experienced the flavour combination of dill, bocconcini, chickpeas, eggplant and cherry tomatoes which was married together beautifully in a creamy dressing.

Antsy to have the salad again without going back to the restaurant, I decided to try and replicate it at home. This chickpea salad uses Greek yogurt as a part of its dressing to give it added creaminess. In turn, I sautéed onions with the eggplant to add another dimension of sweetness and flavour to the finished salad.

Mediterranean Inspired Chickpea Salad

  • Prep Time: 20 minutes
  • Cook Time: 10 minutes
  • Total Time: 30 minutes
  • Servings: 2-3 servings
  • Easy
Ingredients
  • 1/2 onion
  • 1/2 eggplant
  • 2 tablespoon fresh dill
  • 2 tablespoon Greek yogurt
  • 4 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1/2 lemon, juiced
  • 1 cup cherry tomatoes
  • 1 cup bocconcini
  • Salt
  • Pepper

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Step 1

Mince half an onion. Cut the eggplant into 1 cm slices, and then dice the edges, discarding the centre with the seeds.

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Step 2

Sauté the onions and eggplant in 2 tablespoons of olive oil until soft, about 10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper as the vegetables cook down.

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Step 3

Meanwhile, zest and juice half a lemon.

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Step 4

Pick the fine fronds off a few stems of dill and mince finely.

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Step 5

Add the Greek yogurt, dill and remaining olive oil to the lemon juice. Stir to combine. Season with salt and pepper and set aside.

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Step 6

Cut the cherry tomatoes in half. Set aside.

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Step 7

Drain the the bocconcini from its water using a sieve then cut them in half. Set aside.

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Step 8

Combine the chickpeas, sautéed onion and eggplant, tomatoes and bocconini in a bowl.

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Step 9

Add in the dressing and toss to mix. Adjust the seasoning as needed.

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