Sprout Salad is a healthy Indian salad where crunchy sprouts are mixed with other fresh ingredients and spiced up with lemon juice and chaat masala. Here is how to make it.
A simple Salad is such a blessing! You must be thinking why?
Well, apart from being extremely nutritious, Salads are easy to make and can be had at any time of the day.
You can even pack it in your Lunch Box.
I love to make Salads as a side dish at my home, and most of the days I whip up an easy salad from whatever ingredients are available in the fridge.
But sometime, I even like to fancy it up a little when I am making only a salad for the meal.
I like to have only salads for dinner, whenever I have had a heavy meal for lunch.
Firstly, because I don’t feel like eating anything heavy and secondly, to compensate the calories that has gone inside my body during lunch.
I make many variations of Salads at home, Indian and Continental, but the one Indian salad that defines both easy and wholesome, is this Sprouts Salad.
This Salad is easy to make and is very nutritious.
If the sprouts are ready, it just takes 5 minutes to make this one.
Also, if you are looking for a weight loss recipe, this is an apt recipe to include in your everyday meals.
Some more Indian Salad recipes, that you must try – Kakdi Chi Koshimbir, Kachumber Salad and Old Fashioned Kidney Bean Salad.
Next time you want to make an easy peasy and wholesome Indian salad, do try this Sprout Salad recipe and you won’t be disappointed.
You can also serve it as a side dish with your everyday meals.
What is Sprouts Salad?
It is a simple Indian Salad that is made with the combination of sprouts, onions, tomatoes, cucumber, green chillies and pomegranate seeds.
All the ingredients are mixed and then flavoured with lemon juice, black salt, chaat masala powder and roasted cumin powder.
Simple and basic, this Indian Salad can be prepared in jiffy.
The only thing that takes time is the sprouting of moong which can be done beforehand and kept.
Once you have the sprouts ready, it will take mere 5 minutes to get this salad ready.
If you want, you can add in more vegetables such as Carrot, Avocado, Spinach, Kale, Radish, Corn etc in this Bean Sprout Salad, to make it more filling and nutritious.
Apart from sprouted moong beans, you can also sprout other legumes to add in this salad too.
You can even add boiled or grilled chicken in this salad too.
Ingredients
Which sprouts can be used to make Sprouts Salad?
I have used Green Moong to make the this salad, but you can sprout any other lentil, chickpeas/chana, buckwheat, alfalfa, ragi, amaranth, kamut, quinoa or even oats to make this Salad.
Follow the same recipe, just substitute green moong sprouts with the sprouts of your choice.
You can also mix different sprouts and make a Mixed Sprout Salad.
How to make Sprouts?
To make sprouts, wash the green moong 3- 4 times and then soak it in clean water in a bowl.
Add water and cover it up to 1 inch above the moong beans.
Cover the bowl and let it soak overnight.
Next day, drain the remaining water and place the moong beans in the same bowl.
Cover it and keep it aside for a day or two.
You can check after a day, if not sprouted, keep it for one more day.
Just keep splashing some water everyday over the beans so that they don’t dry up.
You will see that the moong beans will be sprouted beautifully.
You can use it to make your sabzi, stir fry or salads.
Can you freeze this salad?
I would not recommend you to freeze this salad, as it tastes good only when it is fresh.
Rather than freezing the Sprouts salad, I would recommend you to freeze only the sprouts.
But the sprouts will not be as crunchy and fresh.
You can add them in a freezer safe bad and freeze for about 6 to 8 months.
How long can you store this Salad?
This Salad will stay good for about a day in the refrigerator in an airtight container.
How to steam Sprouts?
Some people do not like to eat raw sprouts and in that case they can steam them before adding them in the salad.
To steam the sprouts, heat water in your steamer, place the sprouts in the plate and cover the steamer with its lid.
It will take 12 to 15 minutes to steam the sprouts.
Step By Step Recipe
Add all the ingredients in bowl and mix well.
Refrigerate the salad for 30 minutes. Serve immediately.
Sprouts Salad Recipe
Sprout Salad is a healthy Indian salad where crunchy sprouts are mixed with other fresh ingredients and spiced up with lemon juice and chaat masala. Here is how to make it.
Ingredients
- 1 cup Moong Sprouts
- 1/4 cup Onion chopped
- 1/4 cup Tomato chopped
- 1 tsp Green Chilli chopped
- 1/4 cup Cucumber chopped
- 1/2 tsp Black Salt
- 1/2 tsp Roasted Cumin Powder
- 1/2 tsp Chaat Masala
- 1 tbsp Lemon Juice
- Salt to taste
- 1/4 cup Pomegranate Seeds
Instructions
Add all the ingredients in bowl and mix well.
Refrigerate the salad for 30 minutes.
Serve immediately.
Recipe Notes
If you don't like raw sprouts, you can steam them to make this salad.
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