Healthy Old Fashioned Kidney Bean Salad

Healthy Red Kidney Bean Salad is a great salad to begin your day with, but can also be enjoyed at any time of the day. This easy, vegan old fashioned salad never goes out of fashion BTW. Here is a step by step recipe to make kidney bean salad.

Healthy Red Kidney Bean Salad Recipe is a great salad to begin your day with, but can also be enjoyed at any other time of the day.

This all in one delicious meal has kidney bean as its main ingredients, which is considered as the king of beans. This dish is perfect for workout days or even busy weeknight dinners. Kidney beans resemble kidneys, and must not be confused with adzuki beans.

It is important to pre-soak and boil the beans to ensure their nutrients are used to the maximum. Do not over boil the beans otherwise they can become mushy. You can also use canned pre boiled beans to make this salad.

I use different type of oils to make the dressing. Sometime it’s EVOO, grape seed oil or even black seed oil. You too can experiment with different oil to make this salad.

You can make many variation of this old fashioned salad recipe by adding quinoa, pasta, chickpea, avocado, corn, cucumber, broccoli etc to it.

This recipe of bean makes one the healthiest salads that you would ever eat. This easy bean salad made from kidney beans happens to be one of my favourite types of kidney bean salads. Kidney Salads is yummiest recipes salads that I did try in the recent times.

Trust me the servings of such bean recipes are quite filling. Once you try this dish out, mark my words, you would fall in love with this kind of bean salads recipes.

If salads are not an option, you can make the delicious Punjabi Rajma Masala, or Dal Makhani. Here is how to make Healthy Red Kidney Bean Salad Recipe

Step By Step Healthy Red Kidney Bean Salad Recipe

Wash the kidney beans and soak in enough water for 6-8 hours.

Drain the water and add the beans in a pressure cooker.

Add a tsp of salt along with 3 cups of water and pressure cook till beans are softened.

Drain the water and reserve it to use later to make curries or kneading dough.

Add boiled kidney beans in a bowl. Add all the remaining ingredients and mix well. Sprinkle crushed peanuts on top.

Kidney Bean Salad Recipe

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Healthy Red Kidney Bean salad, Rajma Salad

Healthy Red Kidney Bean Salad Recipe or Rajma Salad is a great healthy salad to begin your day with, but can also be enjoyed at any time of the day.

Course Salad

Cuisine Indian

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes

Total Time 30 minutes

Servings 4 people

Calories 101 kcal

Author Neha Mathur

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup Rajma/ Kidney beans
• 1 cup Onion Chopped
• 1 cup Tomato Chopped
• 2 tsp Green chilli Chopped
• 2 tbsp Fresh coriander Chopped
• 3 tsp Lemon juice
• 2 tsp Olive oil extra virgin
• 2 tbsp Roasted peanuts Crushed
• Salt to taste

Instructions

1. Wash the kidney beans and soak in enough water for 6-8 hours.

2. Drain the water and add the beans in a pressure cooker.

3. Add a tsp of salt along with 3 cups of water and pressure cook till beans are softened.

4. Drain the water and reserve it to use later to make curries or kneading dough.

5. Add boiled kidney beans in a bowl.

6. Add all the remaining ingredients and mix well.

7. Sprinkle crushed peanuts on top.

Nutrition Facts

Healthy Red Kidney Bean salad, Rajma Salad

Amount Per Serving

Calories 101 Calories from Fat 36

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 4g 6%

Sodium 42mg 2%

Potassium 274mg 8%

Total Carbohydrates 11g 4%

Dietary Fiber 3g 12%

Sugars 3g

Protein 4g 8%

Vitamin A 6.5%

Vitamin C 12.6%

Calcium 2.4%

Iron 5.3%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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