Chickpea Salad with Tofu, cucumbers, avocados. Full of protein and vitamin-packed salad is quick and easy to prepare. To prepare this you need soaked chickpeas. These are being soaked overnight and the other day drain out the water and use.
To enhance the taste of the chickpeas I am going to slightly stir-fry these in some oil mixed with some salt and red chili powder. Sauté them for about a minute or two and allow them to cool. In the same way, I am going to sauté the tofu cut into cubes. Season tofu with some salt as well if you like. These tofus are stir-fry tofu that I found in the shop and could be sautéed easily. But if you are not using these just make sure to add them raw and no need to sauté. Well, continue reading below to know how to prepare these.
Ingredients required to prepare Chickpea salad with Tofu, cucumbers, avocados. Full of protein and vitamin packed salad.
- Oil 1 teaspoon
- Chickpeas overnight soaked 1 and 1/2 cups
- Salt as per taste
- Red chili powder 1 teaspoon
- Tofu 349g (12.8 oz)
- Cucumber 2 medium-sized chopped
- Avocados 2 cut and sliced
- Onion 1 medium-sized and roughly chopped
- Tomato 1 small-sized chopped
- Lime 1 medium-sized. Squeeze the juice and mix
- Chopped cilantro 1/2 cup chopped
- Pickle oil as required
- Black pepper powder as required
Short Summary to prepare Chickpea salad with Tofu, cucumbers, avocados mixed with salt, pepper, chili oil and lime juice.
Use overnight soaked chickpeas to prepare this salad. Drain out the water the other day and use. Sauté these in some oil for about a minute or two. Mix with salt and red chili powder and transfer into a bowl. Same way sauté the tofu cut into cubes. Season tofu with some salt as well if you like. These tofus are stir-fry tofu that I found in my local grocery shop and could be sautéed easily. But if you are not using the firm one just make sure to add them raw and no need to sauté. Well, continue reading below to know how to prepare these.
Next, wash and peel cucumbers 🥒 and chop. Add into the same bowl. Now wash and cut the avocados 🥑. Take out the edible part of the avocados and remove the seeds from the center. Discard the skin. Chop the edible part of the avocados and add to the same bowl. I have chopped these into thick slices so that they don’t get smashed while mixing up with the other ingredients.
Next, roughly chop 1 onion 🧅 and add in to the same bowl. Next. comes the tomatoes. Simply chop some tomatoes and add. Squeeze out some lemon juice. Some finely chopped cilantro 🌿 and lastly add some pickle oil into it. You may choose any of your favorite 🤩 pickle oil. I am choosing the red chili pickle oil as I personally like to have some spicy salads on my plate :).
Serving Tip
At the end sprinkle some salt and pepper. Give these a nice mix. Once done with mixing transfer these into a serving plate and just before you serve these gently add the tofus in the center of the plate. Make sure not to stir and mix the tofus together as these are so soft and easily break.
Serving
At the end sprinkle some salt and pepper. Give these a nice mix. Once done with mixing transfer these into a serving plate and just before you serve these gently add the tofus in the center. Make sure not to stir and mix the tofus together as these are so soft and easily break.
Step by step method along with the images shown below ⬇️
Choose tofu that is firm and could be stir-fried. Make sure the chickpeas are being completely dipped in water and left to soak overnight before you stir-fry these. You may also add some salt into the chickpeas while soaking these.
Stir-fry the chickpeas
Use overnight soaked chickpeas to prepare this salad. Drain out the water the other day and use. Sauté these in some oil for about a minute or two. Mix with salt and red chili powder and transfer into a bowl.
Saute the tofu’s
Same way sauté the tofu cut into cubes. Season tofu with some salt as well if you like. These tofus I used are firm tofu that I found in the local grocery shop and could be sautéed easily. But if you are not using these just make sure to add them raw and no need to sauté. Well, continue reading below to know how to prepare these.
Washing, Cutting, and chopping the vegetables
Next, wash and peel cucumbers 🥒 and chop. Add into the same bowl. Now wash and cut the avocados 🥑. Take out the edible part of the avocados and remove the seeds from the center. Discard the skin. Chop the edible part of the avocados and add to the same bowl. I have chopped these into thick slices so that they don’t get smashed while mixing up with the other ingredients.
Next, roughly chop 1 onion 🧅 and transfer it into the same bowl. Next. comes the tomatoes. Simply chop some tomatoes and add. Squeeze out some lemon juice.
Adding chili pickle oil
Some chopped cilantro 🌿 and lastly add some pickle oil into it. You may choose any of your favorite 🤩 pickle oil. I am choosing the red chili pickle oil as I personally like to have some spicy salads. Mix them well.
Serving
At the end sprinkle some salt and pepper. Give these a nice mix. Once done with mixing transfer these into a serving plate and just before you serve these gently add the tofus in the center. Make sure not to stir and mix the tofus together as these are so soft and easily break.
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Chickpea salad with Tofu, cucumbers, avocados. Full of protein and vitamin-packed salad.
Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon Oil
- 1 and 1/2 cups Chickpeas (soakedv overnight)
- Salt, as per taste
- 1 teaspoon Red chili powder
- 12.8 oz Tofu (firm) 349 gm
- 2 medium Cucumber
- 2 Avocados
- 1 medium Onion
- 1 small Tomato
- 1 medium Lime
- 1/2 cup Cilantro chopped
- 1 teaspoon or as required Pickle oil
- Black pepper powder as required
Nutrition ~
Ingredients listed below are used to calculate the approx. Nutritive value for the recipe Chickpea salad with Tofu, cucumbers, avocados.
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