SPROUTED KALA CHANA SALAD

 SPROUTED KALA CHANA SALAD

Today's recipe is for a sprout salad made with sprouted Black Chickpeas called Kala Chana in Hindi. These sprouted chickpeas are highly nutritious being rich in protein and fibre while being of low calorie.

Since Sprouted Kala Chana is an integral ingredient in this salad, here's how you would sprout the Kala Chana. Wash and soak the Kala Chana  overnight or for 8-10 hours. Next morning, drain the water from the Kala Chana, tie the chana in a wet muslin cloth and keep it to sprout. You will find them fully sprouted after a day or so.

These days we are fortunate to get sprouted Kala Chana ready for use in online platforms or departmental stores. This saves us a lot of time and effort. I only use the store-bought Sprouted Kala Chana these days. 

I prefer to steam cook the sprouted Kala Chana as they become more easy to digest. 

This healthy salad can be served as an accompaniment to the main meal. 

Ingredients:

• Sprouted Kala Chana (Black Chickpeas), 1 and 1/2 to 2 cups
• Onion, 1
• Tomato, 1
• Cucumber, 1/2 
• Green Chillies, 2
• Coriander Leaves, 2 tbsp
• Lemon Juice, 2 tsp 
• Chaat Masala, 1 tsp
• Salt, to taste
• Chilli Powder, 1/4 tsp
• Roasted Peanuts, 2 tbsp 

Method:

Wash and soak the Kala Chana  overnight or for 8-10 hours. Next morning, drain the water from the Kala Chana, tie the chana in a wet muslin cloth and keep it to sprout. You will find them fully sprouted after a day or so.

Steam cook the sprouted Kala Chana for about 10 minutes. Allow this to cool

Peel and finely chop the onion

Wash and chop the tomato and cucumber 

Finely chop the green chillies and coriander leaves

In a salad bowl, mix together the cooled sprouted Kala Chana, chopped onion, tomato, cucumber, green chillies and roasted peanuts

To this add the salt, chaat masala, chilli powder and lemon juice

Mix everything well and garnish with coriander leaves

Serve immediately