This spicy, tangy and flavorful taco is the perfect summer recipe where taco shells are 100% homemade and filling is made with exotic cajun spiced chickpeas and spicy, sweet apples.
This post was sponsored by Paderno Kitchenware.
This recipe is kinda my own idea to make a not- so- ordinary taco recipe. Earlier I shared a method to prepare taco shells at home and The recipe was a huge hit. So, I had to share some tacos recipe now, right 😉
Now, When it comes to a taco recipe, There is always a guacamole, sour cream, cheese and taco sauce as the other toppings along with different taco fillings like beans, chicken etc.
In Today’s taco recipe, I tried to make a different sauce. The sauce is made from apples. You can crush the apples to a smooth paste for the fine sauce consistency but I wanted to add extra crunch to the recipe. This is the reason I used finely chopped apples here.
The filling is made with chickpeas where chickpeas are boiled in salted water and sauteed with fresh cream and seasoned with homemade cajun spice powder. You know this recipe is very easy and simple to make. It is just that the elements used in this recipe are somewhat different which makes this recipe completely unique.
Do you know? Taco is the very first recipe I tried in canada. I tried tacos during my first shopping trip after moving here. I still remember the moment when I purchased my first winter jacket and was on the way to Canadian Tire to buy some stuff like jars, and pans for my kitchen and some other stuff.
Canadian Tire will always remain special as I purchased most of the important kitchen tools, utensils from there, and today, I got an opportunity to share some of the amazing products with you guys.
This taco recipe is made in PADERNO Classic Champagne Bronze Cookware Set. These products are Heavy-duty, Dishwasher safe, Oven-safe, suitable for all stovetops, and many more features. You can check PADERNO cookware range here.
Coming back to the recipe, As I said earlier, This taco recipe can be considered as a 100% homemade recipe as the shells are homemade, and cajun spice powder is homemade too.
Reasons to love these tacos,
- Very very easy to make – Trust me, this recipe is not a difficult one to make.
- Full of flavors
- Filling and sauce can be prepared ahead of time
- Spicy with a little bit of sweet in taste – which I think you will definitely like
- Perfect summer recipe
- Not-so- ordinary tacos recipe
- Kid’s will love it
How to make cajun spiced chickpea tacos?
This whole recipe is divided in three parts- making apple sauce, making chickpea filling and final assembling.
Now, I am not including the time and method to prepare taco shells here as you can fins a complete separate post here.
Making apple sauce
Chop, grate or crush your apples and transfer into the saucepan. note- I am using chopped apple here as I wanted to add some extra crunch here. you can use crushed apples to make a smooth sauce.
add sugar, salt, cayenne pepper powder, and a little bit of water. mix well and cook until apples are soft enough. your sauce is ready. keep aside.
Making cajun spiced chickpea filling
Take a saute pan first and transfer fresh cream into that. Add Salt, cajun seasoning and mix it well. Also, add boiled chickpeas into the mixture and keep aside for 5 minutes.
Now, cook the mixture until the chickpea mixture looks almost dry. a filling is ready and keep aside.
Assembling
chop onion and cabbage nice and evenly. warm you taco shells. Fill it with chickpea filling and top it with apple sauce, cabbage, and onion.
serve immediately.
Cajun chickpea tacos with spicy apple sauce
Ingredients
For spicy apple sauce
- 2-3 medium apples, finely chopped or grated or crushed
- salt to taste
- 1 teaspoon red chili powder , or cayenne pepper powder
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- ½ cup water, to cook apple
For chickpea filling
- 1½ cup chickpeas, boiled or canned
- salt to taste
- 1 teaspoon cajun spice powder
- ¼ cup fresh cream
Other
- 4 taco shells
- cabbage, finely chop or shredded
- onion, sliced
- tomatoes, optional
Instructions
- Take a saute pan first, and transfer fresh cream into it. Add salt, cajun seasoning and yogurt. Mix it well.
- Add boiled chickpeas and mix it well.
- Keep it aside for 5 minutes so that chickpeas can absorb the flavors.
- Now, turn ON the flame and cook the chickpeas.
- Cook until the cream is mixed and the chickpea mixture looks almost dry. This will take around 7 minutes on the medium to high flame. Note- If you like somewhat saucy filling then cook the mixture for 5 minutes but I prefer the dryer version.
- Filling is ready, keep aside.
to prepare spicy apple sauce
- Take a sauce pan and transfer chopped apples into it.
- Add, salt, sugar, red chili powder and water. Roughly mix it.
- turn ON the flame.
- Place the saucepan on the stove and cook the mixture.
- Stir occasionally.
- Your flame should be medium while making this sauce.
- After 6-7 minutes, You will notice that sugar has started melting or it has melted. When using induction or electric stove, it will initially take time to heat the coil while indian stoves takes less time.
- Cook until the apples are soft enough.Add little of water if you like as This mixture has to be in sauce consistency.
- Sauce is ready. Keep aside.
Assembling
- Warm taco shells in the microwave for a minute or according to the package instruction. If you are using homemade then warm it for a minute in microwave.
- Fill taco shells with the chickpea filling.
- Top it with cabbage, onion, tomatoes and apple sauce.
- You can add some cheese too.
- Serve immediately.
This post is sponsored by Paderno kitchenware, Canadian tire. The views and opinions expressed herein represent my own and not those of CTC or any other party and do not constitute financial, legal or any other advice.
A little sweet, a little tangy and savory. Looks amazing. Loving your new pots and pans set, just gorgeous. Lighting is especially perfect in these shots.
I love the combination of flavors and the fusion aspect to this dish, Priya!
The preparation of the chickpeas sounds so interesting and delicious. I’m trying that for sure. And this whole combination of flavors sounds amazing! 🙂 ~Valentina
Priya
What an insanely delicious recipe,choco full of bursting flavours. Loved your idea of using chickpeas with tacos.
Thank you Hasin.
I’ll never turn down a taco. Never. 🙂 Terrific recipe — thanks.
Thank you John.
What a fun recipe! I lived in Louisiana for years, so Cajun flavors always call to me. However, we live in upstate New York now, and this is big-time apple country. What a fun way to combine these two favorites into one…and tacos at that! Yum!
Thank you David 🙂