Sumac-Spiced Tomato and Chickpea Salad with Yogurt Sauce
Description
I grew up eating meat with tzatziki, a garlicky, lemony-yogurt sauce. Most often it was aside this chicken souvlaki, a favorite summer meal, but in addition to mint sauce, it often was on the table with lamb, too.
Ingreadient :
- 1 cup Greek yogurt
- 1 or 2 small cucumbers
- kosher salt
- 1.5 tablespoons fresh lemon juice, from about half a lemon
- 1 clove garlic minced
- 1 teaspoon sumac (see notes above)
- 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- flaky sea salt, such as Maldon, and freshly ground black pepper
- 3 to 4 large beefsteak or heirloom tomatoes
- 1/2 red onion thinly sliced
- 1 cup cooked chickpeas
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
- 1 handful of arugula
- 2 tablespoon vinegar (white balsamic, red wine, white wine, champagne)
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- Good bread for serving
For the yogurt sauce:
For the salad:
Direction :
- Grate the cucumber coarsely on a box grater. In a medium bowl, stir the cucumber into the yogurt, along with the garlic and the lemon. Season with salt, starting with 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt, adding more by the 1/4 teaspoon to taste. Add more lemon to taste as well — this sauce should taste nicely seasoned. Spread this yogurt sauce onto a large platter.
- In a small bowl, stir together the sumac, coriander, cumin, and dried chile flakes.
- Slice the tomatoes and arrange over the yogurt sauce in an even layer. Season all over with the spice rub. Season generously with sea salt (kosher salt is fine, too). Season with freshly cracked black pepper to taste.
- In a large bowl, toss the cherry tomatoes, onion, and chickpeas with a good pinch of flaky sea salt, pepper to taste, and the olive oil and vinegar. Taste. Adjust seasoning as necessary. Add the arugula and toss gently. Spread this salad atop the tomatoes. Serve, being sure to include each of the elements — the yogurt sauce, the tomatoes, the chickpea salad — with each serving.
