SPICED CHICKPEA, RED PEPPER, AUBERGINE AND QUINOA GRAIN BOWL
Ingredients
- 50g/1¾oz quinoa
- ½ aubergine
- sliced long ways
- 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 200g/7oz tinned chickpeas
- drained
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- ½ red pepper
- cut into rings
- 2 sprigs coriander
- chopped
- 50g/1¾oz Greek yoghurt
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
Directions
- Cook the quinoa according to packet instructions
- then drain.
- Heat a griddle pan over a high heat
- brush the aubergine on both sides with a little oil. Cook the aubergine on the griddle pan until both sides are cooked and marked with lines from the griddle.
- In a small bowl
- mix the chickpeas with the cumin
- a small pinch of salt and a dash of olive oil. Fry gently over a medium heat for 5 minutes.
- Place the quinoa in the bowl you plan to eat from and add the spiced chickpeas
- red pepper
- aubergine slices
- coriander and a dollop of yoghurt.
- Drizzle liberally with the oil and season with salt and pepper. Eat straight away or pack in your lunchbox ready to take to work.

