Chicken Chickpea Salad With Curry Yogurt Dressing Food

CHICKEN & CHICKPEA SALAD WITH CURRY YOGURT DRESSING

Steps:

• Bring a pan of water to the boil. Add the chicken breasts and some salt, then put on the lid. Turn off the heat and leave for 15 mins until cooked through. Drain, then shred the chicken.
• In a small bowl, mix the yogurt, curry powder, lemon juice, chopped mint and some seasoning.
• Toss the chicken and chickpeas with half the dressing, and season. Arrange on 2 plates and scatter over the tomatoes, onion, remaining mint and peanuts. Drizzle any extra dressing over the top.

HALOUMI AND CHICKPEA ARUGULA SALAD WITH GREEK YOGURT DRESSING

Steps:

• Toss tomatoes, chickpeas, cucumber, and haloumi in a bowl.
• Mix yogurt, olive oil, cumin, coriander, paprika, and garlic salt in another bowl, then toss with above ingredients.
• Toss all of the above with arugula leaves.
• Spoon into serving bowls.

CHICKPEA-VEGETABLE SALAD WITH CURRIED YOGURT DRESSING

Steps:

• To prepare the dressing, combine the first 8 ingredients in a small bowl; stir mixture with a whisk.
• To prepare salad, combine carrot and next 5 ingredients (carrots through chickpeas) in a large bowl. Pour 1/2 cup dressing over carrot mixture, tossing gently to coat. Place 2 cups lettuce on each of 6 plates, and drizzle each serving with about 1 tablespoons dressing. Top each serving with 1 1/3 cups carrot mixture.

CHICKEN SALAD WITH CREAMY CURRY DRESSING

Steps:

• Heat the oil over moderate heat and add the onions.
• Cook until softened, then remove from heat.
• If the apricot jam and the mango chutney contain chunks of fruit, chop these up small.
• Add the tomato ketchup, apricot jam and mango chutney to the onions, but do not cook.
• When this mixture is cool, fold it into the mayonnaise.
• Lightly whip the cream, and fold through as well.
• On a large serving dish, spread some of the creamy curry dressing over the base.
• Arrange the chicken fillets over the dressing.
• Spoon remaining dressing over the chicken, enough to coat each portion.
• Chill for several hours to allow flavors to blend.
• Just before serving, surround the chicken with the fruit of your choice.
• Garnish with sprigs of cilantro.
• Hand nuts around separately for each person to sprinkle on their own portion.