Turkish Chickpea Salad (Nohut Salatasi) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

Salad
1 (15 ounce) can chickpeas, rinsed and drained
15 grape tomatoes, halved
1/2 cup red onion (about 1/4 of an onion, can use any sweet variety)
2 ounces feta cheese, cut in cubes
10 kalamata olives, cut in half if pitted
Dressing
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
1 garlic clove, minced
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon dried mint
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 teaspoon kosher salt
fresh ground black pepper

Preparation

In a bowl, combine salad ingredients (don't even stir them up yet if you don't want to).
Use a small glass jar with a tight fitting lid, and combine all the dressing ingredients: shake and pour over salad in bowl.
Toss to combine.