Spiced chickpea salad with avocado and watercress

Serves: 6 - 8
Prep: 15
Cook: 0

Skippy™ cornflakes adds a crunchy texture to this delicious chickpea salad.

Ingredients

  • 400g can chickpeas, rinsed, drained
  • ½ cup Skippy™ cornflakes, crushed
  • 2 tbs olive oil
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • ½ tsp each of cinnamon and chilli flakes
  • ½ cup mixed seeds, like black & white sesame, chia, poppy and cumin seeds
  • 1 tbs liquid honey
  • 2 cups watercress or baby spinach
  • 1 avocado, sliced into pieces
  • 4 radishes, sliced thinly
Vinaigrette
  • 3 tbs olive oil
  • 1 tbs cider vinegar
  • 1 tbs chopped parsley
  • 1 tsp dijon mustard
  • ½ lemon, juice of

Method

  1. Step 1

    Preheat oven to 200°C. Spray a large oven tray with oil or line with baking paper.
  2. Step 2

    In a bowl, combine chickpeas, Skippy™ cornflakes, oil, cumin, cinnamon and chilli. Spread the chickpea mixture over the tray. Bake for 10 minutes. Sprinkle chickpeas with seeds and drizzle with honey, toss to combine. Return to oven for a further 5-10 minutes, until chickpeas are golden.
  3. Step 3

    On a large serving platter, spread the spiced chickpeas, avocado slices and radishes and top with fresh watercress leaves. Dress with vinaigrette and serve immediately.
  4. Step 4

    To make the vinaigrette, shake or mix all of the ingredients together in a small jar or glass jug until well combined.