Crispy Summer Salad with Roasted Chickpeas and Honey-Marinated Halloumi
Method
Honey-fried halloumi
- Cut the halloumi into cubes.
- Heat a frying pan with the oil and cook until the halloumi is golden and crisp.
- Add the honey and chilli flakes and cook for a couple more minutes.
Roasted chickpeas
- Drain and rinse the chickpeas thoroughly. Allow them to drip dry, then pat them dry with a clean tea towel or kitchen paper.
- Toss the chickpeas with paprika and garlic powder. Season with salt and pepper, ensuring they are well coated.
- Roast in the oven at 200°C (fan) for 20 minutes until crisp, turning occasionally.
Tahini dressing
- Whisk together the tahini, lemon juice, olive oil and honey in a bowl.
- Crush the garlic and whisk it in as well.
- Season to taste with salt and pepper. Add more lemon juice if you prefer a sharper flavour.
Greens
- Dice the cucumber, apple, avocado and red onion.
- Remove the seeds from the pomegranate.
- Roughly chop the baby spinach.
- Finely chop the parsley and dill.
- Place all the greens in a large bowl.
Ingredients
Honey-fried halloumi
1 tbsp olive oil
250 g halloumi, diced
2 tbsp acacia honey
1 tsp chilli flakes
Roasted chickpeas
1 tin chickpeas (400 g drained weight)
1 tsp sweet paprika
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp coarse salt
Freshly ground black pepper
Tahini dressing
4 tbsp olive oil
Juice of 1 lemon
4 tsp tahini
1 clove garlic
2 tsp honey
½ tsp coarse salt
Freshly ground black pepper
Greens
100 g fresh baby spinach
1 cucumber
1 apple
2 avocados
½ red onion
1 pomegranate
A handful of fresh parsley
A handful of fresh dill