Spinach And Chickpea Pitas

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By Nmami Agarwal September 11, 2018

This spinach chickpea sandwich is a perfect nutritional package for your heart, christened with all the vitals required to keep your heart pumping and fill your hunger cravings. It takes hardly a few minutes to prepare with listed ingredients and can be great at dinners. Plus, you can have that grand Mediterranean meal feeling while having it.

Nutritional Value
Spinach is an extremely beneficial vegetable laden with high amounts of carotenoids, vitamin C and K, folic acid and calcium. Antioxidants in it pitch in for good health of eyes and vital in preventing cancers. Spinach also helps in bursting the stress out. Chickpea is decent in protein and fibre content who work synergistically to slow digestion helping in controlling your appetite. They are also a great source of plant-based proteins. Being rich in Magnesium and Potassium, Chickpeas boost heart health and also aids in regulating blood sugar.

Ingredients

Red onion, very thinly sliced- 20g
Red wine vinegar- ½ tsp
Virgin olive oil- 5g
Garlic, very thinly sliced- 2 cloves
Low-sodium chickpeas, rinsed- 15g
Spinach, thick stems discarded- 30g
Pita bread, halved and toasted- 4 Pcs
Kosher salt and pepper
Greek yoghurt, for serving

Course: Dinner.
Calories: 172 kcal
Protein: 5.2 grams
Fat: 6.6 grams
Carb: 23 grams

Method:

Combine onion and 1 teaspoon oil in a bowl and let it be for some time until its ready to use, with some intermittent tossing.
Add garlic and cook, stirring in between until starting to turn golden brown for 1 to 2 minutes. Add chickpeas, half the spinach and 1/4 teaspoon each salt and pepper and cook, tossing, until beginning to wilt, about 1 minute. Add the remaining spinach and continue cooking, tossing until just wilted, 1 to 2 minutes and then remove from heat.
Fill the pitas with this delicious mixture and top it with some onion.
Serve with yoghurt, if you wish.

Over to you:
This meal takes into consideration the health of your heart and ends your day with optimum nutrition and that’s how it becomes one of the best serves on your table. So, how about trying it this weekend?