I love the combinations of textures in this recipe and how each flavour explodes in your mouth. From the gooey haloumi, to the citrus of the orange.
Chargrilled Pumpkin & Haloumi Salad with Chickpeas
I love the combinations of textures in this recipe and how each flavour explodes in your mouth. From the gooey haloumi, to the citrus of the orange.
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 800g Kent pumpkin, thinly sliced
- 1kg eggplant, cut into wedges
- 120g haloumi, sliced
- 2 teaspoons cumin
- 1x 400g can no-added-salt chickpeas, rinsed, drained
- 2 oranges, peeled, segmented
- ⅓ cup chopped walnuts
- 120g baby rocket
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
Instructions
- Preheat a large chargrill pan or barbecue hotplate to high.
- Lightly spray pumpkin, eggplant and haloumi with olive oil, then sprinkle over with cumin. Add pumpkin and egg plant to pan or hotplate and cook, turning once, for 5-10 minutes or until tender. Transfer to a large serving platter.
- Add haloumi to hotplate or pan and cook, turning once, for 1-2 minutes or until soft. Transfer to serving platter.
- Scatter chickpeas, orange segments, walnuts and rocket onto platter. Drizzle with lemon juice and a tablespoon of olive oil. Serve salad seasoned with freshly ground black pepper.
Notes
From: Bridgford, Jo; Cameron-Lee, Megan; Macri, Liz; Parker, Sally; Swain, Sarah (June 2021) Cook Fresh in: Healthy Food Guide
Baking the pumpkin skin makes it tender enough to eat, but if you don’t want to do this, just remove and add to your compost.
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