Chana dal (split Bengal gram) & vegetable salad

• Servings: 4-6
• Soaking time: 3-4 hours.
• Preparation time: 10-12 minutes.
• Mixing time: 2 minutes.
• Total time: 14 minutes.

Salad might not be everyone’s favorite but for those who are trying to lose weight, here is recipe …

Come up with Chana dal (split Bengal) gram & vegetable salad, which is rich in protein and vitamins should be consumed regularly for multiple health benefits.

Here I used blanched cabbage leaf, which enhance the plating and brings the hunger, I used exotic Carambola (star fruit), which gives the rich dietary fiber and vitamin c.

Ingredients:

• Chana dal: 50 gm
• Carambola (star fruit):1 no.
• Tender Cabbage leaf: 8-10 no.
• Spring onion: 20 gm.
• Cucumber: 50-60 gm. (1 no.)
• Carrot: 20 gm.
• Radish: 20 gm.
• Tomato: 50 gm
• Green chilli: 2 no.
• Coriander leaves: 20 gm.
• Salt: ½ teaspoon
• Lemon: 1 no.

Preparation:

1. Soak chana dal for at least 3-4 hours.
2. Blanch (put cabbage leaf into boiled water for couple of minutes, remove and put into normal water to retain the colour of the leaf) cabbage leaf and keep aside.
3. Chop all ingredients (spring onion, Carambola, radish, tomato, green chilli and coriander leaves) into small pieces, keep aside.
4. Grate carrot, keep aside.

Method:

1. Take a mixing bowl; put chopped and grated ingredients into bowl. Add salt and lemon juice into it, keep aside.
2. Spread blanched cabbage leaf and put the prepared and mixed salad on the leaf, again spread coriander leaves for decoration see the photo.
3. Chana dal (split Bengal) gram & vegetable salad is ready to be served with meal.

Chana dal (split Bengal gram) & vegetable salad by Nag Ratna Sahu is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.