- Serves4
- CourseMain meal
- Prepare10 mins
- Cook35 mins
- Total time45 mins
- Pluscooling
Ingredients
- 250g pearl barley, rinsed
- 2 x 150g packs baby topped carrots, scrubbed
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp Cooks' Ingredients Dukkah, plus extra to serve
- 370g jar chickpeas, drained (or 400g can chickpeas, drained and rinsed)
- 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil, plus extra to serve
- 1½ tsp balsamic vinegar
- 2 tsp maple syrup
- ½ orange, juice (about 1.5 tbsp)
- 1 clove/s garlic, crushed
- 210g pack pomegranate seeds
- 20g pack dill, fronds roughly chopped
- 170g pot baba ganoush
Method
Preheat the oven to 200°C, gas mark 6. Bring a large pan of salted water to the boil and cook the pearl barley according to pack instructions. Drain and allow to cool for 20 minutes.
Meanwhile, in a large bowl toss the carrots with 1 tbsp olive oil and ½ tbsp dukkah. Season and arrange on a baking tray. Add the chickpeas to the same bowl with the remaining 1 tbsp olive oil and ½ tbsp dukkah. Season and spread out on another baking tray. Roast both for 25-30 minutes, until golden and crisping up. Meanwhile, in a bowl whisk the extra virgin olive oil, balsamic vinegar, maple syrup, orange juice and garlic together, then season.
Put the cooled pearl barley in a large bowl, add the chickpeas, ½ of the pomegranate seeds and most of the chopped dill. Pour over the dressing and toss well. Spoon the mixture over a large serving platter, dot with dollops of baba ganoush and top with the carrots. Scatter over the remaining pomegranate seeds and dill fronds, a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil and a sprinkling of dukkah.
Cook’s tip
Any extra salad keeps well covered in the fridge and makes a great lunch the next day. You can also use leftovers to fill pittas for a meal on the go.
Nutritional
Typical values per serving when made using specific products in recipe
Energy | 2,420kJ/ 579kcals |
|---|---|
Fat | 26.2g |
Saturated Fat | 3.6g |
Carbohydrates | 64.1g |
Sugars | 16.2g |
Fibre | 19.2g |
Protein | 12.2g |
Salt | 1.8g |