Middle Eastern Bean Salad With Parsley And Lemon Balela Recipes

MIDDLE EASTERN BALELA SALAD

Steps:

• Stir chickpeas, black beans, tomatoes, red onion, parsley, and mint together in a large bowl.
• Whisk lemon juice, olive oil, garlic, cumin, salt, and ground pepper together in a bowl; pour over chickpea mixture and toss to coat. Cover and refrigerate salad until flavors blend, about 30 minutes.

BALELA

Steps:

• combine all ingredients in a medium bowl.
• let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes before serving.

MIDDLE EASTERN BEAN SALAD WITH PARSLEY AND LEMON (BALELA)

Steps:

• Pour chick peas and black beans one at a time into colander placed in sink, rinse well until no more foam appears and let drain.Blot dry if they seem too wet.
• While beans are draining, whisk together lemon juice, olive oil, garlic and let the flavors blend.
• Mix the salad ingredients together and let it marinate at room temperature for at least 30 minutes.
• Chop green onions, tomatoes and parsly and add to bowl. Combine this with the beans.
• Whisk dressing ingredients and gently add dressing to bean mixture.
• Add salt and pepper.