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Spiced chickpea bowl with crispy shallots

Warm chickpeas, herby yoghurt and a heap of crunchy shallots. Dinner in 25 minutes.

Spiced chickpea bowl with crispy shallots

Serves 4 · 25 minutes

Ingredients

  • 2 x 400g tins chickpeas, drained
  • 4 banana shallots, thinly sliced
  • 120ml olive oil
  • 2 tsp cumin seeds
  • 1 tsp sweet paprika
  • 200g Greek yoghurt
  • 1 lemon
  • 30g parsley and mint, chopped
  • 200g cooked grains, to serve

Method

  1. Fry the shallots in the oil over medium heat for 12–15 minutes until deep golden. Lift out onto kitchen paper and salt them.
  2. Toast the cumin in 3 tbsp of the shallot oil, add the chickpeas and paprika and cook for 6 minutes until starting to crisp.
  3. Mix the yoghurt with the lemon zest, half the juice and a pinch of salt.
  4. Spoon grains into bowls, top with chickpeas, yoghurt, herbs and the crispy shallots. Finish with the rest of the lemon juice.