Chickpea Bowls w/ Mediterranean Twist

 Ingredients for 2

Red Onion

1/2 c basmati rice

1 clove garlic

1 lemon

1 c grape tomatoes

1 can chickpeas

4 tbs sour cream

1/4 oz cilantro

1/4 handful of pistachios

1 tbs shawarma spice

hot sauce to taste

olive oil

salt 

pepper

butter

Directions

Preparation:

Cut red onion into slivers.

Cut 2 tbs of those onions into diced onion

Mince garclic

Chop pistachios

Chop cilantro

Drain/rinse chickpeas

Zest & quarter lemon

Cooking:

Add some olive oil to a pan and toast the diced onion, half the garlic, and half the pistachios & some Shawarma spice.

Once browned to desired consistency, add rice, 1 c water.  Cook until rice is tender, which should be approximately 20 minutes.

While rice is cooking, add sliced onion, tomatoes, and chickpeas to air fryer til desired tenderness.  Toward the end of cooking, add a bit more Shawarma spice.  It should take about 20 minutes.

Now, create your sauce.  Combine about 4 tbs sour cream with some garlic, season with salt, and add water to desired consistency.

Add cilantro to rice once rice is done.

Combine the ingredients and top with lemon juice to taste.

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