Green moong dal sprout salad

Food is a very important part of any holiday, family get together or any kind of celebration. Especially during this holiday season, it is very hard to resist on all these yummy food we are surrounded by.  But just to balance it out and most of all for health reasons, its important to incorporate salads in our meals.

Green moong dal sprout salad is a very refreshing and healthy salad. Dal when sprouted turn out to be sweeter and this combo goes well with cucumbers, lemon and green chillie.

Having a doctor at home, who always reminds me how important the veggies and salads are in our diet, I make it a point to make salads often.

Making the sprouts:

Soak the green moon dal overnight with lots of water.

Next day morning, drain all the water, cover the dal with lid and keep them in warm place.

In  1 1 /2 to 2 days, the sprouts will be ready. Keep them in the refrigerator and use as required.

Making the salad:

• sprouted green moong dal- 1 cup
• cucumber- 1/2 (finely chop them)
• a small carrot grated
• two pieces of cauliflower florets grated
• lemon juice
• green chilles -2 (finely chopped)
• cilantro

Mix the sprouts, cucumbers,carrot and cauliflower with some salt, lemon juice and cilantro.

Now do the tadka with 1 tsp oil, few mustard seeds, few cumin(jeera) seeds, a pinch of hing and the chopped green chillies.

Add the tadka to the sprout mixture and enjoy this refreshing and healthy salad.

                     Sprouted green moong dal

Recipe: Suma vadeena

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