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Pita bread bowl
Earthly Superfood
A healthy pita bread bowl contains healthy chickpeas salad and a flavorful herbed tahini sauce.
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Prep Time
15
minutes
mins
Cook Time
10
minutes
mins
Course
bowl recipes, lunch/dinner
Cuisine
Mediterranean
Servings
4
people
Ingredients
2
whole wheat pita bread
Herbed tahini sauce
as per need
1
tsp
olive oil
for brushing
Chickpeas salad
1.5
cups
chickpeas
boiled and drained or canned
3/4
cup
diced cucumber
1
tomato
chopped
1
tbsp
green onions
chopped
2
tbsp
parsley
chopped
1
tsp
minced garlic
2
tbsp
green olives
or olive salad
1
tsp
lemon juice
salt
to taste
Instructions
Chickpeas salad
In a bowl add chickpeas, cucumber, tomato, green onions, parsley, minced garlic, green olives, lemon juice, and salt. Combine well.
Cover the salad and refrigerate it until use.
Warming pita
Preheat the oven to 350°F.
Slice the pita bread into 8 wedges and arrange them in a baking tray.
Put in the oven until the pitas are warm. Make sure you do not overbake it.
To assemble pita bread bowl
This should be done before serving.
In a bowl, arrange the pita bread, chickpeas salad and top them with
herbed tahini sauce
Notes
If using dried beans, soak them overnight and pressure cook them for 15 minutes, and drain them.
If using canned beans drain the water.
Do not throw away the water you can use it for preparing hummus.
For a different variation, use falafel bites in the bowl.
Keyword
chickpeas salad, pita bowl, pita bread, tahini sauce, vegan, vegetarian