This salad can be thrown together in mere minutes and is perfect for those lazy salad days when it’s too hot to light up the stove, but more than that it’s an excuse for me to sing the praises of summer fruit. Of fuzzy peaches and smooth nectarines, with white or yellow flesh and sweet,sticky juice that tastes like sunshine. For me, nothing says summer quite like eating peaches in the garden, barefoot in the grass, juice dripping down my chin. I used to be a nectarine girl, but recently I’ve also come to love those flat, fuzzy doughnut peaches. They’re so sweet and perfectly shaped and I’ll easily polish off five or more in one sitting.
Ingredients (for 2):
1 little gem lettuce (or other salad leaves)
2 ripe nectarines or peaches
1 can of chickpeas
2-3 tsp tandoori masala
small bunch of fresh coriander, finely chopped
vinaigrette:
3 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp white wine vinegar
salt
pepper
- Make the vinaigrette and toss it with the lettuce.
- Slice your peaches thinly.
- Drain the chickpeas (leave a little aqua faba in there if you want to), then mix in the tandoori spices and the chopped coriander.
- Combine with the lettuce and the sliced peaches and serve.
I’m eating with my eyes. Gorgeous photos!
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Haha, thanks!
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Sounds delicious. Have some chickpeas but may have to substitute the fruit…
Also I notice you have a good quality knife. Keep up the good work.
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Thanks! And good knives are key!
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That looks simply delicious!
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Beautiful salad! Nice to add tandoori masala!
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Thank you, Megala! I really like tandoori masala, but I find I don’t really use it enough (especially compared to garam masala which I use in almost every Indian dish I make), so it was nice to add it to something again.
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Love peaches and they must be great in this salad 🙂
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Me too! By far my favourite summer fruit. (along with raspberries) 🙂
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I’m not into chick peas but the peaches caught my eye. Looks delicious and dressing sounds tasty.
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To be honest, this was a bit of a “what do I still have in my pantry” affair, but any excuse to eat more peaches right now is a good excuse. If you leave out the chickpeas you could use toasted nuts or sunflower seeds instead.
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I bet toasted pecans or almonds would be great!
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yes, definitely!
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