Balela
Balela, from above
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Balela

Chickpeas and black beans in lemon, herbs and sumac. A bean salad with sunshine in it.

20 minTime
9 gProtein each
mediumSpice
A bean salad of the Levant2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayChickpeas, black beans, tomato, herbs and lemon.
The original
222kcalsame
9 gproteinsame
7 gfibresame
20minutessame

Balela.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

6 servings
Chickpeas, boiled2 cups, boiled
Black beans, dry½ cup dry, boiled
Tomato2, diced
Onion½ red onion, diced
Green chilli1, minced
Flat leaf parsleya handful, chopped
Mint leavesa few sprigs, chopped
Garlic1 clove, grated
Olive oil3 tbsp
Lemon juice3 tbsp
Sumac1 tsp
Salt1 tsp
Black peppera pinch

Method

3 steps
  1. 1Rinse and drain the boiled beans and chickpeas well.
  2. 2Whisk oil, lemon, garlic, sumac, salt and pepper.
  3. 3Toss everything together and rest 20 minutes before serving.
Serve it like this

Serve in a shallow bowl with extra herbs and a sprinkle of sumac, pita on the side.

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To drink Limonana8 min
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