Melon, Cucumber + Chickpea Salad

Name: Melon, Cucumber + Chickpea Salad
Ingredients: Olive oil; ½ cup [60 g] slivered almonds, toasted; 1 cup [20 g] fresh herbs (parsley, cilantro, mint, dill, hyssop, etc.), leaves picked from stems and roughly chopped; 1 cup [20 g] fresh herbs (parsley, cilantro, mint, dill, hyssop, etc.), leaves picked from stems and roughly chopped; 2 lb [910 g] English-style cucumbers, tipped and tailed; 2 lb [910 g] melon, any variety, scooped into balls or cut into chunks; 1 cup [20 g] fresh herbs (parsley, cilantro, mint, dill, hyssop, etc.), leaves picked from stems and roughly chopped; 1 cup [20 g] fresh herbs (parsley, cilantro, mint, dill, hyssop, etc.), leaves picked from stems and roughly chopped; 1 cup [20 g] fresh herbs (parsley, cilantro, mint, dill, hyssop, etc.), leaves picked from stems and roughly chopped; 1 cup [20 g] fresh herbs (parsley, cilantro, mint, dill, hyssop, etc.), leaves picked from stems and roughly chopped; 2 cups [360 g] chickpeas, cooked (or one 15 oz [400 g] can); Salt and freshly ground black pepper; Salt and freshly ground black pepper; ¾ cup [180 ml] buttermilk

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Pulp

By Abra Berens

Published 2023

About

This is one of the rare times that I find it worth it to scoop melon into balls. The visual of the spherical melon, round cucumber, and little chickpea BBs is top-notch. The only downside is that it makes the salad a little hard to eat, especially for young ones at the table, so be warned.

Ingredients

2 lb [910 g] English-style cucumbers, tipped and tailed
2 lb [

Lunch
Side dish
Main course
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

Using a wide knife, whack the cucumber with the side of the blade to smash the cucumber into irregular chunks.

On a serving platter, lay out two-thirds of the cucumber, two-thirds of the melon, and scatter two-thirds of the chickpeas evenly over the top. Season the whole platter with salt and black pepper and drizzle the buttermilk liberally all over. Sprinkle two-thirds of the herbs an