Caramelised Purple Carrot, Chickpea & Chilli Salsa Salad
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Total: 30 mins
A hearty roast salad made with chunky slices of sweet purple carrot, crispy chickpeas and toasted cashews. Served folded with soft grassy baby spinach and a spicy chilli, shallot and coriander salsa.
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480 kcal
(per portion)
Ingredients you'll need
  • A bunch of purple carrots
  • 400g tin of chickpeas
  • 1 shallot
  • 1 chilli
  • 1 garlic clove
  • A handful of coriander
  • 1 lime
  • 35g cashews
  • 50g baby leaf spinach
From your kitchen
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • Sea salt
  • Freshly ground pepper
You'll need
  • Baking tray
Step by step this way
  • 1.

    Preheat your oven to 200°C/Fan 180°C/Gas 6. Trim the tops off the carrots, setting the tops to one side. Scrub the carrots, slice them into thick batons and pop them into a large roasting tin. Drain and rinse the chickpeas and add them to the tin. Toss with 1 tbsp olive oil and a pinch of salt and pepper, then slide into the oven to roast for 20 mins.

  • 2.

    Meanwhile, make the chilli salsa. Peel the shallot and slice it. Halve the chilli, flicking out the seeds and pith if you prefer less heat, and finely chop it. Peel and crush the garlic. Roughly chop the coriander, leaves and stalks.

  • 3.

    Rinse the carrot tops and shake dry. Chop a handful and pop them in a bowl along with the other prepped ingredients. Grate in the lime zest and squeeze in the juice. Add 1 tbsp olive oil and some salt and pepper. Stir to make the salsa.

  • 4.

    Tip the cashews into a bowl and use the end of a rolling pin or jam jar to roughly crush them. When the carrots and chickpeas have been in the oven for 20 mins, scatter the cashews over the top and slide back into the oven for 5 mins.

  • 5.

    Tip the roast carrots, chickpeas and cashews into a large salad bowl. Fold in the baby leaf spinach. Mix in the chilli salsa. Divide the salad between a couple of warm plates and serve straight away.