Sprouted Moong Salad
September 29th, 2009 filed under Soups and Salads
Sprout lentil (dal) salad is a very colorful, refreshing and healthy dish. Moong dal is a good source of protein and calcium. This salad can also be served as a light lunch. This is an easy recipe to prepare.
Recipe serves 4.
Ingredients:
- 1 ½ cup sprouted moong
- 1 cup chopped tomatoes
- 1 cup chopped cucumber
- 1 sliced orange
- 1 tablespoon chopped cilantro (hara dhania)
- 1 seeded and chopped green chili (optional)
Salad Dressing:
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 teaspoon salt, adjust to taste
- 1 teaspoon ground roasted cumin seed (jeera)1 tablespoon lemon juice, adjust to taste
- 2 tablespoons yogurt (optional for vegan)
- 1 tablespoon ginger juice
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
Method:
- Mix all the salad dressing ingredients together. Keep aside.
- Next cook the sprouts with salt and 1/4 cup of water in a saucepan as it comes to boil turn off the heat.
- Cover the pan for about three to four minutes, drain any liquid.
- Let the sprouts cool to room temperature and add the dressing.
- In a serving dish make arrange tomatoes, cucumber and oranges. On top add the spiced sprouts.
- Garnish with cilantro and green chili.
Notes:
How to make sprouts:
- Soak the whole moong for 10 to 12 hours. Water should be about four times more than the Moong.
- After soaking moong, it will double in volume.
- Line a colander with muslin cloth. Drain the water and loosely wrap the beans with the muslin cloth. Store the soaked beans in a warm dark place. For example, store the beans in a closed oven or cover with a heavy cloth. Within a day or two, the beans will have sprouted.
Suggestions:
- Sprouts can be refrigerated for four or five days.
- Sprouts salad makes a good lunch to take to the office or school.
Hi Manjulaji,
Sprouts are good source of proteins and fiber…Now my question is “Will cooking retain the nutrition qualities of sprouts as such or they will lost in cooking”
hi manju aunty….
i hv tried many of your recipes and they hv turned out well. when i made moong sprouts for the salad, they tasted a bit bitter after i steam cooked them. pls suggest a method to avoid this happening. thanks a ton……
Bean sprouts do not have a lot of fiber in them. There are only .8 (point eight) grams – less than 1 gram per serving.
Please see the following to verify this.
http://www.wehealny.org/healthinfo/dietaryfiber/fibercontentchart.html
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How do you make or where do you buy ginger juice?
Angie,
Making ginger juice is easy shred the ginger very fine or I use zester to great the ginger after grating hold the paste between you fingers and squeeze, you will be surprise how easy it is.
Hello aunty,
Please suggest can we use any other fruit if we don’t have oranges..
Please suggest.
Smita,
Use chopped apple I like if apples are sour.
I had the sprouts ready but dint have any idea what to do…thankyou once again ill try this out tommorrow …..am sure my hubby is gonna love it too as it looks very attractive
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Hi what is the difference between table spoon and tea spoon.Please reply thanks
These are US cooking measurements. You need to have measuring spoons.
1 teaspoon = 1/3 of a tablespoon – or – 3 teaspoons = 1 tablespoon.
You can also Google cooking measurements for more details.
Aunty,
Thanks for the recipe.
Should sprouts be cooked? Can we make it as raw sprout salad?
This is the first time i ever tried recipe from your Kitchen, Aunty and I must tell you this sprout salad recipe turned out so good.My hubby just loved it!!!!He loved the Dressing flavor and the texture of the the salad was awesome too..Thanks Aunty
Hi,
Can I skip “Olive Oil”? becoze, i don’t like the raw test any kind of oil, it does not test well, & i have not tried olive oil in any kind of cooking, so i don’t know the test of olive oil, i usually use “Refined Oil”.
Give me your reply as soon as possible.
Thank You
Archana,
Try without oil.