Even I am addicted to bread, burek, stews and international cooked meals, in summer I am more occupied with salads. And I really love them. Unfortunatelly, I do not eat enough of rocket, because it is hard to find young rocket without so much bitterness. But if you are lucky enough to finde young rocket like me today, make this simple and delicious salad. You will spent little bit more time by frying chickpeas, but it is worth every second. I would recommend to marinate feta cubes in olive oil and fresh herbs (garlic as well if you like) before. Instead of tomatoe cubes, you can use mini tomatoes, fresh or slightly dried.

Ingredients:

Rocket

Feta cheese, cut in cubes and marinated with parsley and olive oil

Young onion, sliced

Tomatoes, without seeds, cut in cubes

Shallot, sliced

Olive oil

Lemon juice and zest

Salt and pepper

Parsley and chives, finely chopped

Mix all ingredients and season to taste with salt, pepper, olive oil and lemon zest and juice. At the end, add crunchy chickpeas.

For crunchy chickpeas:

Chickpeas

Curcuma

Smoked pepper powder

Chili flakes

Sesame

Olive oil

Drain chickpeas, rinse well and dry with kitchen paper towel. Sprinkle with curcuma, smoked red pepper and chili flakes. Heat up little bit of olive oil in frying pan and fry chickpeas until crispy. Few minutes before chickpeas is finished, add some sesame and fry shortly.

You can bake chickpeas in oven instead of in frying pan.

Serve with pita or naan bread.

Pita bread: http://feeding-art.com/2019/09/07/pita-bread-with-cheesepita-bread-sa-sirom/

Naan: http://feeding-art.com/2019/07/13/naan-with-chickpeas-currynaan-i-curry-od-slanutka/

-Croatian version-

Čak i mene, koja sam ovisna o kruhu, bureku, konkretnim jelima na žlicu, zaokupljaju salate u toplijim danima. I zaista ih volim. Na žalost ne jedem rukolu tako često jer je uglavnom gorka, ali ako imate sreće naći finu, mladu rukolu koja nije gorka (kao ja ovaj put), napravite ovu jednostavnu i zaista prefinu salatu. Najduže traje priprema i prženje slanutka da bi bio neodoljivo hrskav, ali vrijedan je svake sekunde. Feta kockice obavezno marinirajte prije u maslinovom ulju i začinima po želji, a umjesto kockica rajčice možete koristiti mini rajčice, svježe ili kratko sušene u pećnici.

Sastojci:

Rukola

Feta sir narezan na kocke i mariniran s peršinom i maslinovim uljem

Mladi luk, narezan na tanke kolutove

Rajčice očišćene od sjemenki i narezane na kockice

Ljutika narezana na kolutove

Maslinovo ulje

Limunov sok i korica

Sol i papar

Sitno rezani peršin i vlasac

Sve sastojke pomiješati u jednoj većoj zdjeli i začiniti po okusu sa soli, paprom, maslinovim uljem i limunovim sokom. Dodati na kraju hrskavi slanutak.

Za hrskavi slanutak:

Slanutak

Kurkuma

Dimljena paprika u prahu

Čili pahuljice

Sezam

Malo maslinovog ulja

Slanutak ocijediti, dobro oprati i posušiti kuhinjskim papirom. Začiniti s kurkumom, dimljenom crvenom paprikom u prahu i čili pahuljicama. Zagrijati malo maslinovog ulja u tavi i prepržiti začinjeni slanutak dok ne bude hrskav. Pred kraj dodati sezam i kratko pržiti.

Slanutak možete pržiti i u pećnici umjesto u tavi.

Salatu servirati uz pita lepinjice ili naan.