Recipe: Perfect Spinach cheese balls with Mediterranean chickpea salad

Spinach cheese balls with Mediterranean chickpea salad. Toss with sweet cherry tomatoes, crunchy cucumber, and cubes of soft, creamy Mozzarella cheese. A splash of buttery GOYA® Extra Virgin Olive Oil and a drizzle of tangy lemon juice make this sunny, Mediterranean Chickpea Salad a. Canned chickpeas are widely available in supermarkets in the US Add chopped lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, scallions, olives, feta cheese and chickpeas to a bowl.

Recipe for a crispy chickpea and vegetable salad with Mediterranean flavors and crumbled feta cheese. Because chickpeas are a staple in Mediterranean cuisine, as well as Middle Eastern and Indian, they're a natural to pair up with fresh vegetables and a Mediterranean-inspired dressing. Not really peas, and certainly not chicks, but fantastic nevertheless. You can have Spinach cheese balls with Mediterranean chickpea salad using 28 ingredients and 17 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Spinach cheese balls with Mediterranean chickpea salad

1. Prepare For of spinach cheese balls-.
2. It's 2 cups of spinach.
3. Prepare 1 cup of breadcrumbs.
4. You need 2 tbsp of corn starch.
5. You need to taste of Salt.
6. Prepare 3 of cheese cubes.
7. It's 2 of green chilli chopped.
8. You need 2 tsp of Ginger garlic paste.
9. You need 1 of med. Onion finely chopped.
10. You need 2 tsp of olive oil.
11. You need For of chickpea salad-.
12. Prepare 2 cups of chickpea, boiled.
13. Prepare 1 of med. French cucumber, chopped.
14. Prepare 1/2 of onion, thinly sliced.
15. Prepare 1 of yellow bell pepper, chopped.
16. It's 1/4 of capsicum, chopped.
17. It's 1/2 cup of olives, chopped.
18. Prepare 1/2 cup of tofu, crumbled.
19. You need to taste of Salt.
20. Prepare 2 tsp of ground black pepper.
21. You need For of Salad dressing-.
22. You need 1/2 cup of olive oil.
23. You need 1/4 cup of white wine vinegar.
24. It's 1 tbsp of lemon juice.
25. It's 1 tbsp of freshly chopped cilantro.
26. Prepare 1/4 tsp of red pepper flaked.
27. Prepare as per taste of Salt.
28. Prepare 2 tsp of ground black pepper.

These bad boy legumes are high in both fiber and protein , essential for good health and a strong digestive. Thanks to the chickpeas, this easy make-ahead salad will keep you full for hours. It's satisfying in a way that leafy greens could never be. Make salad: In a large bowl, toss together chickpeas, cucumber, pepper, red onion, olives, and feta.

Spinach cheese balls with Mediterranean chickpea salad instructions

1. Firstly, let's have a look at the ingredients that we have to use for spinach cheese balls and Mediterranean chickpea salad and dressing..
2. For chickpea salad, soak 2 cups of chickpea overnight or for 8 hours. And then pressure cook it for 15-20 minutes. Well cooked chickpea will look like this!.
3. To make Salad: In a large bowl, take boiled chickpeas, cucumber, bell pepper, capsicum, onion, olives and tofu. Toss all of them together. And season with salt and black pepper..
4. To make dressing: In a jar with lid, take olive oil, vinegar, lemon, lemon juice, cilantro and red chilli flakes. Shake it all well until it gets emulsified. And then add salt and pepper to this..
5. Pour this dressing over salad. And mix it nicely. Refrigerate it for half an hour and your salad is ready to be served!.
6. For spinach cheese balls, heat 2 tsp oil in a pan and saute ginger garlic paste. And then add green chillies and onion..
7. Now add palak and saute till it shrinks..
8. Cool down the mixture and transfer it to a blender..
9. Add little water as required and blend it to a smooth paste..
10. Transfer this puree into a large mixing bowl. Add breadcrumbs, corn starch and salt..
11. Combine well to a nice dough..
12. Now cut the cheese cubes into smaller ones. Like I divided here one into four. Now grease your hands with oil and take a ball sized dough. Flatten by pressing it gently. And then place a cheese cube in the center and fold the edges together..
13. Seal it well and make a crack free ball. Because if there would be any crack, the cheese would melt and create mess while baking..
14. Make all the balls like this and preheat the oven at 250° F for 10 mins..
15. Now bake it in your OTG or convection oven at 180° for 20 minutes. Or you can also deep fry them..
16. And your spinach cheese balls are ready to be served!.
17. You can serve these cheese balls with tomato ketchup too only. But I love accompanying it with the salad. So here is my dish ready to be served..

This Mediterranean Chickpea Salad is such an easy salad recipe to make, and it's perfect for whipping up as a side dish when you're entertaining guests too. It's one of those beautiful, marinated salads that improves with flavor the longer it's refrigerated. How to Make: Mediterranean Chickpea Stew with Spinach & Feta. Start out by sautéing the diced red onion in a little olive oil. Cook until soft, about five-ish Finally, just stir in the chickpeas, spinach and feta, cover and let cook another couple of minutes to heat the chickpeas through and wilt the spinach.