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Turkish · Salad

Barley and Chickpea Salad with Feta

A filling grain and legume salad with grated carrot, raisins, spinach and feta, tossed in a thin yogurt dressing with cumin, dried mint and lemon. It keeps for days, so it works for packed lunches.

  • YieldServes 8
  • Hands-on50 min
  • Total13 h 40 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

Salad

  • ½ cupdried chickpeas
  • ¾ cuphulled barley
  • 1bay leaf
  • ¼ cupextra-virgin olive oil, divided
  • 1 cupcarrots, grated, about 1 large
  • ¼ cupgolden raisins
  • 2 cupsspinach, cut into thin ribbons
  • 1 tspkosher salt, plus more to taste
  • to tasteblack pepper, freshly ground
  • 100 gfeta cheese, barrel-aged, crumbled
  • ¼ cupgreen onion, finely chopped, mostly the white part
  • 2 tbspfresh flat-leaf parsley leaves, finely chopped
  • 2 tbspfresh spearmint leaves, finely chopped
  • 2 tbspfresh dill leaves, finely chopped

Dressing

  • ¼ cupplain whole-milk yogurt, not Greek
  • ¾ tspground cumin
  • 1 tspdried spearmint
  • 1 tspdried oregano
  • ½ tspMaras pepper
  • 1 tbsplemon juice, freshly squeezed
  • 1lemon, zested

Diet

  • Pescatarian

Contains

  • Gluten
  • Dairy
  • Sulfites
  • Goat, sheep, buffalo or camel milk
  • Legumes (any)
  • Chickpeas
  • Barley
  • Olive
  • Grapes
  • Citrus fruits (any)
  • Lemon
  • Nightshades (any)
  • Chili peppers
  • Onion family (any)
  • Scallion (green onion)
  • Spinach
  • Carrot
  • Oregano
  • Parsley
  • Dill
  • Mint
  • Bay leaf
  • Black and white pepper
  • Cumin
  • Chili heat (capsaicin)
  • Lactose
  • FODMAPs (any)

Taste

  • Sour / bright
  • Salty
  • Umami / savory
  • Richness / fat
  • Herbal / fresh
  • Aromatic spice

Texture

  • Creamy
  • Chewy

Equipment

  • Stovetop

Season

  • Fall
  • Winter

Occasion

  • Meal prep

Effort

  • 45–90 min active
  • Over 3 hours total
  • Difficulty 2
  • Needs advance prep
  • Make-ahead friendly
  • Leftovers-friendly

Nutrition

  • Calories: low
  • Protein: low
  • Carbs: moderate
  • Fat: moderate
  • Fiber: moderate
  • Sodium: moderate

Budget

  • Budget: low

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