Chickpea Salad

Ingredients	Quantity
Garbanzo beans – cooked	4 ½ cups
Scallions – thinly sliced	6
Lemon juice	2 tbsp
Salt	¾ tsp
Ground black pepper	¼ tsp
Cilantro – minced	2 tsp
Fresh hot green chilli – minced	1
Cayenne	¼ tsp

Pour contents of chickpea cans or home-cooked chickpeas into a saucepan. Bring to a boil. Drain, discarding liquid. [You can skip this step if you've just cooked your chickpeas].

In a serving bowl, combine chickpeas with the other ingredients. Mix well and set aside, unrefrigerated, for 1 hour. Mix again. Serve cold or at room temperature.