Story: Chickpea Salad
Episode: 10
Presenter: Alex Crisp
Air Date: 9th November 2025

Alex shares her stunning chickpea salad!

Ingredients

• 1 capsicum sliced
• 1 ½ cans of chickpeas, strained
• Turmeric
• Ground cumin
• Paprika
• Salt
• Rocket
• 2-3 teaspoons of harissa
• 1-2 tablespoons of aqua fibre
• Lemon
• Red onion
• Goats cheese

Method:

• place some oil on a pan at medium-high heat
• Place capsicum on the pan to sizzle
• Add chickpeas to the pan and give it an ice swirl in the pan.
• Add in generous pinches of turmeric, ground cumin and paprika. And give it a stir.
• Tear up some parsley, add to the pan, and give a stir.
• Add in a generous pinch of salt and a handful of rocket.
• For the salad dressing, in a small bowl add in harissa, aqua fibre splash of olive oil and a squeeze of lemon. Give it a nice whisk and add a pinch of salt
• To plate up, lay fresh rocket across the plate, add some sliced red onion and then pile on the chickpeas and capsicum straight over.
• Cromble goats' cheese over the top, add some fresh parsley and finally, add the dressing.