Spelt salad with kale, carrots and onions
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40 min
This delicious salad is made with protein rich whole grain spelt. It is very versatile. Don't have kale? Substitute chard or another green. No red cabbage? Use a different variety, or just skip it.
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Ingredients
Serves: 6
- 525g uncooked spelt
- 2L water
- 1 red pepper, finely chopped
- 2 carrots, finely chopped
- 100g thinly sliced and chopped red cabbage
- 1/2 red onion, finely chopped
- 1 (400g) tin chickpeas, drained and rinsed
- 100ml olive oil
- 50ml balsamic vinegar
- 2 lemons, zested and juiced
- 225g kale, torn into small pieces
- salt and pepper
Method
Prep:15min ›
Cook:25min ›
Ready in:40min
- Add spelt and water to a pressure cooker. Cover and lock pressure cooker. Place over high heat until steam begins to build and steadily escapes. Lower heat to medium-low and cook for 15 minutes. Remove from heat; allow all the steam to release. Remove lid and drain.
- In a large bowl, combine red pepper, carrots, red cabbage, onion, chickpeas, olive oil, vinegar, lemon zest and juice from 1 lemon. Mix in spelt.
- In another bowl, toss kale with remaining lemon juice and salt. Massage gently with your hands for a few minutes to soften the leaves, and then stir into spelt mixture. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Tip
If you don't have a pressure cooker, simmer spelt in the same amount of water, covered. Cook for 40 to 60 minutes or until tender.
