Chick peas and Broken wheat salad

Yummy, healthy and fills the stomach – that’s what this salad is for me!

I toasted the broken wheat or Dalia a bit before cooking this in hot water to remove the raw taste. The addition of Kasuri Methi is for the flavour. I also added the chopped chillies to the broken wheat while toasting it to get the flavour of chillies into the wheat. This step is totally optional.

Also, you can replace Dalia with couscous if that’s what you like. What shouldn’t change is the addition of chick peas or any other kind of bean because that carries the high protein content.

Chick-peas and Broken wheat salad
Level – Medium
Preparation time – 15 min
Serves – 1

Ingredients
Broken wheat – 1/2 C
Chick peas – 1/2 C, soaked in water overnight and pressure cooked
Kasuri Methi leaves – 1/4 C, dried
Green chilli – 1 , finely chopped
Tomatoes – 2, sliced
Coriander leaves – a handful
Lemon juice – Juice from half a lemon
Salt – to taste
Hot water – 1 C

Instructions
Sauté broken wheat with Kasuri Methi and chopped green chillies for about 5 min while mixing continuously.
Cook broken wheat along with the cooked chick peas by pouring hot water to it. The wheat should be cooked in approximately 5 min.
Top with chopped tomatoes , chopped coriander leaves and lemon juice.