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summer recipe #2 - chickpea, tomato, and sweet corn tostada on a white plate with green grass in the background

Chickpea, Tomato, & Sweet Corn Tostada

Kiara | My Plant Base Plate
Course lunch
Servings 1

Ingredients
  

  • Corn Tostadas
  • ½ to 1 cup Cooked Chickpeas (feel free to sunstitute with your favorite chioce of beans or peas)
  • Chopped Green Onions (for sprinking on top)

Tomato Salsa

  • 2 Ripe Roma Tomatoes (cubed)
  • 1 Green Onion (chopped)
  • 1 clove of Garlic (grated-optional)
  • Organic Virgin Coconut Oil
  • Sea Salt
  • Cayenne Pepper

Sauteéd Sweet Corn

  • Sweet Corn (stripped)
  • 1 Carrot (grated)
  • 2 Green Onions (chopped)
  • 1 clove of Garlic
  • Curry Powder
  • Sea Salt

Instructions
 

Tomato Salsa

  • In a bowl combine chopped tomatoes, chopped green onions, coconut oil, a light sprikle of cayenne pepper if perfered and sea salt to taste. Mix and set aside.

Sautéed Sweet Corn

  • To strip the kernels from your ear of corn. Place the corn standing up on your cutting board. With your knife, cut down-ward from the middle of the ear where the kernel meets the cob. Rotate the ear and repeat the process.
    In a pan add coconut oil, curry powder, and chopped green onions. Let sauteE for a few seconds. Add in stripped corn and saute for a few minutes until corn has reached desired cooked texture. Stir in grated carrots and salt to taste. Set aside.

Assembly

  • First, place your corn tostada on a plate. Add on your cooked chickpeas or beans/peas of your choice. Spoon on your sautéed sweet corn to your heart's content. Next, add a few spoonfuls of your tomato salsa. Top with some chopped green onions. Enjoy. :)
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