After feasting on Malai Kofta, I thought it's best to compensate by eating something healthy, for a change ;) Searched my freezer and found different beans such as red beans, black eyed beans, white hyacinth bean(mochai in Tamil) and I picked the red ones. Here's a simple salad that I tried with easy-to-get ingredients.
What You Need -
Red Beans - 1 cup
Tomato - 1/2 big or 1 small
Onion- 1/2 medium
Red, Yellow and Orange Capsicum - 1/2 cup (chopped)
Coriander leaves/Cilantro - a few
Pav Bhaji/Chaat Masala - 1/2 tsp
Salt - to taste
For the Vinaigrette -
Sugar - 1/2 tsp
Juice from half-lemon
Honey - 1 tsp
Jeera powder - 3/4 tsp
Thousand Island dressing - 1 tbsp (optional)
Olive Oil - 1.5 tsp
How To -
Do drop a line if you tried and liked this :)
What You Need -
Red Beans - 1 cup
Tomato - 1/2 big or 1 small
Onion- 1/2 medium
Red, Yellow and Orange Capsicum - 1/2 cup (chopped)
Coriander leaves/Cilantro - a few
Pav Bhaji/Chaat Masala - 1/2 tsp
Salt - to taste
For the Vinaigrette -
Sugar - 1/2 tsp
Juice from half-lemon
Honey - 1 tsp
Jeera powder - 3/4 tsp
Thousand Island dressing - 1 tbsp (optional)
Olive Oil - 1.5 tsp
How To -
- Soak Red Beans overnight for 12 hours or more.
- I had a bad experience with a particular variety of red beans not being cooked well. I learnt that the Chinese Red beans needs to be soaked for 24-36 hours :(
- I changed water every 12 hours and at the end of 36 hours, there was a significant difference in the size and softness of the red beans.
Just beginning to soak |
After 36 hours |
- Pressure-cook the soaked beans with salt.
- Chop tomatoes, onions, bell peppers and cilantro finely.
- Sprinkle Pav bhaji masala or Chaat masala over them.
- Let's prepare the vinaigrette now by adding all the ingredients in that order, in a bowl. Beat them well together. Continue to whisk until it is smooth and tastes good. Add salt if required.
Before whisking |
- Mix with the red beans and veggies and enjoy your healthy meal :) The Red beans make it quite filling indeed. Feel free to increase their quantity, if you like to.
Do drop a line if you tried and liked this :)
OMG Divs why is your salad swimming in the dressing? Dressing is to add to the taste not provide a swimming pool... :D
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