Chickpea Salad with Date + Tamarind Dressing

Name: Chickpea Salad with Date + Tamarind Dressing
Yield: Serves 2 to 4
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil; 1 tsp ground ginger; 1 Tbsp fresh lime juice; ¼ cup [60 ml] date syrup, homemade or store-bought; Fine sea salt; 1 Tbsp tamarind paste, homemade or store-bought; 2 Tbsp fresh mint leaves; 1 tsp red chilli flakes, such as Aleppo; One 15½ oz [445 g] can chickpeas, drained and rinsed; 1 cucumber (about 12 oz [340 g]), diced; 1 shallot (2 oz [60 g]), minced; 2 Tbsp fresh dill leaves; ½ tsp amchur powder; ½ tsp coarsely ground black pepper

Preparation info

Serves
2 to 4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Flavor Equation

By Nik Sharma

Published 2020

About

Street food occupies a celebrated position in India’s cuisine, and it is as rich in flavor as it is diverse, from the hot and spicy succulent meat kebabs served on soft roomali rotis (a handkerchief-thin flat bread) to the sweet-and-sour tastes of chaat. Rather than spending my time eating in restaurants, I make it a point to indulge in street food on every trip. The dressing in this salad is loosely inspired by the ingredients and flavors used in India’s street food.