Chickpea-Vegetable Salad With Curried Yogurt Dressing

Submitted by DailyInspiration

"Recipe from Cooking Light. Serve with pita chips or eat as a salad!"

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 15
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 1⁄3 cup fresh cilantro, chopped
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons curry powder
• 3⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
• 1⁄2 teaspoon fresh garlic, minced
• 1 (8 ounce) carton plain fat-free yogurt
• 2 cups carrots, finely shredded
• 1 1⁄2 cups red bell peppers, thinly sliced (or yellow pepper)
• 1 1⁄2 cups plum tomatoes, chopped
• 1⁄2 cup golden raisin
• 1⁄4 cup red onion, finely chopped
• 2 (15 ounce) cans chickpeas, rinsed and drained
• 12 cups romaine lettuce, chopped

directions

1. To prepare the dressing, combine the first 8 ingredients in a small bowl; stir mixture with a whisk.
2. To prepare salad, combine carrot and next 5 ingredients (carrots through chickpeas) in a large bowl. Pour 1/2 cup dressing over carrot mixture, tossing gently to coat. Place 2 cups lettuce on each of 6 plates, and drizzle each serving with about 1 tablespoons dressing. Top each serving with 1 1/3 cups carrot mixture.

Reviews

[LifeIsGood]

What a fun, healthy salad! I love all of the extra veggies. The dressing was very flavorful, due to the curry, and paired beautifully with the chickpeas. I have plenty of dressing to use on my salads tomorrow. Thank you!