Healthy Green Salad
Whenever we think of dieting, the first thing which comes to our mind is salads. I don’t agree that, we should eat salads all the time to lose weight; but we must include salads in our diet. This is a very healthy and tasty salad. I guess there is no need to explain the health benefits of the ingredients I used here. It’s rich in protein and dietary fiber. I used spring onion instead of onion, its taste goes well with the rest of the ingredients; and most of don’t know that spring onion is ideal for weight loss or in maintaining optimum health. Now, this salad can be eaten as a main course or as a snack.
So here goes my recipe(2servings): Sprouted moong (green gram) -1cup , salad cucumber (pickles) -1 diced, green apple – 1 diced, 2spring onion – chopped finely, coriander (cilantro) leaves chopped- ¼ cup, salt- ¼ tsp , lime juice – of ½ lime. Mix all the above ingredients, and it’s ready to go.
Tips: If you don’t like the raw taste of the sprouted moong (green gram), you can steam cook it with a pinch of salt, and cool it and use.
Sprouted moong (green gram): - soak the moong in cold water for 6-8 hrs, drain and put it in a wet thin cotton cloth, tie its ends and hang it (this helps to get all the moong sprouted) for another 6-8 hrs, in between if you find it very dry, sprinkle some cold water on it.