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    Home » Vegan » Avocado Chickpea Pomegranate Salad

    Published: Jan 5, 2017 · Modified: May 24, 2025 by Zerrin & Yusuf

    Avocado Chickpea Pomegranate Salad

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    Avocado Chickpea Pomegranate Salad with pomegranate seeds is packed with flavors. Spicy, tangy and super addictive! This is a scrumptious gluten free and vegan side dish you can eat even as a snack. 

    Avocado Chickpea Salad with pomegranate seeds is packed with flavors. Spicy, tangy and addictive! This is a scrumptious gluten free and vegan side dish you can eat even as a snack.

    This chickpea salad is an outrageously nutritious salad with lots of vitamins, protein and healthy fat your body needs especially when it is getting cold outside. Chickpeas aka garbanzo beans are wonderful source of protein and fiber, which makes it a perfect food for vegetarians. Well, it’s great and your body still needs it even if you are not vegetarian. Avocado is very rich in healthy fat, so you don’t need to add any oil to the salad. Finally, pomegranate is a great antioxidant with vitamins A, C and E. The best thing about this health packed salad is that it is low in calories, so no worries when eating it.

    Avocado Chickpea Salad with pomegranate seeds is packed with flavors. Spicy, tangy and addictive! This is a scrumptious gluten free and vegan side dish you can eat even as a snack.

    We have chickpeas mostly as a snack and our favorite chickpea recipe is Spicy Crispy Roasted Chickpeas, but we sometimes have it in different versions as well. This tangy Avocado Chickpea Salad is one of them and we agree on eating it more often every time I make it.

    I use boiled chickpeas for this salad. I always have some in the freezer as I love to use chickpeas in soups as well but you can use canned version too. There is one more step though, I don’t use them as they are for this salad. I roast the boiled chickpeas in a non-stick pan over medium high heat to have some crispiness in the salad. Make sure you pat them dry before throwing them into the pan. I sprinkle some spices in the pan and the chickpeas are very well coated with the flavors as they are roasted.

    Avocado Chickpea Salad with pomegranate seeds is packed with flavors. Spicy, tangy and addictive! This is a scrumptious gluten free and vegan side dish you can eat even as a snack.

    The only thing you need to do now is to combine the ingredients. Just chop a ripe avocado and squeeze lemon over it without waiting to keep it from losing its color. Toss in roasted chickpeas and pomegranate seeds. Stir until combined.

    Who doesn’t love this magical and precious looking pomegranate fruit? You may find it hard to seed and eat it, but I never feel lazy when it comes to pomegranate. I am just in love with these beautiful looking seeds. You can toss some in any salad and it becomes even more appealing as in our favorite Citrus Caramelized Brussels Sprouts, which is a wonderful fall or winter salad. If the pomegranates you buy are tangy, then you shouldn’t miss the chance of making your own Pomegranate Molasses, which is a fantastic sticky and tangy salad dressing.

    Avocado Chickpea Salad with pomegranate seeds is packed with flavors. Spicy, tangy and addictive! This is a scrumptious gluten free and vegan side dish you can eat even as a snack.

    More salads with chickpeas I'd love to try:
    Buckwheat Salad on Farm on Plate
    Za'atar Tossed Wheat Berry Salad on Love and Garnish
    Marinated Chickpeas with Quinoa and Greens on The Food Click
    Chicken Caesar Salad with Chickpea Croutons on The Seaside Baker
    Carrot and Chickpea Salad on In this Kitchen

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    Avocado Chickpea Pomegranate Salad

    By Zerrin & Yusuf
    Spicy roasted chickpeas are combined with avocado, lemon juice and pomegranates.
    Yields: 4
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    PREP 5 minutes mins
    COOK 20 minutes mins
    TOTAL 25 minutes mins

    INGREDIENTS
      

    • 1½ cup chickpeas cooked
    • ½ teaspoon salt
    • 1 teaspoon blackpepper
    • ½ teaspoon cumin
    • ½ teaspoon chili powder optional
    • 1 avocado
    • 2 tablespoons lemon juice freshly squeezed
    • 4 tablespoons pomegranate seeds

    INSTRUCTIONS
     

    • Pat dry the boiled chickpeas.
    • Heat a non-stick pan over medium high heat.
    • Toss in the chickpeas.
    • Sprinkle spices over them and roast for 15-20 minutes or until you have desired crispiness.
    • Chop avocado in a bowl and squeeze about 2 tablespoons juice from a lemon right over the avocado cubes so that they don’t lose color.
    • Add chickpeas in the bowl and stir until combined.
    • Fold in pomegranates and serve.

    NUTRITION

    Calories: 198kcalCarbohydrates: 25gProtein: 7gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gSodium: 304mgPotassium: 482mgFiber: 9gSugar: 6gVitamin A: 170IUVitamin C: 10mgCalcium: 44mgIron: 2mg

    Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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    Course Lunch
    Cuisine American
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    1. Anise Thorogood says

      December 10, 2014 at 12:38 am

      Thanks for mentioning Love and Garnish! I hope you got a chance to try the salad this past summer!

      Reply
    2. Oliver says

      October 04, 2014 at 12:51 pm

      Sweet heaven, this looks amazing! Such a simple yet stunning and healthy meal. And you photos are excellent too! Thanks for the inspiration, I have to try this one at some point and I'm quite sure it will become a new favourite... 🙂
      Have a lovely weekend and happy experimenting! 😉

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    3. Ramona says

      September 30, 2014 at 8:08 pm

      this is very pretty and I happen to have all the ingredients on hand.

      my pomegranate bushes are loaded and I think I can find a ripe one on one of them

      Reply

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