Monday, April 20, 2015

MIXED BEAN SALAD | SUMMER SALAD RECIPES

Mixed bean salad
Summer is in peak and many of us wanted to make the food simple and quickly come out of the kitchen. I have given this mixed bean salad recipe for kungumam thozi last year. Though i clicked step wise also while making this  salad forgot about that. Today i wanted to post something simple as i was running out of time. While checking the pictures in laptop saw this mixed bean salad. Though it will be perfect for this summer. It tasted very well too and i have made it few times at home too. Diet watchers can have this healthy filling salad . I served with tacos which tasted like a mixed bean tacos.


Mixed Bean salad

  Preparation Time : 15 mins + soaking time 10 hours| Cooking Time : Nil|Serves: 2-3

     Mixed Beans*    3/4 cup
     Tomato    1
     Green chili    1/2
     Lemon juice    1 tsp
     Pepper powder    to taste
     Salt   to taste
     Capsicum |Bell pepper   1/2 ( i used green and yellow) 
     *Rajma , peanuts , black channa and white chole


Mixed bean -salad
Method:
  • Soak the mixed beans in sufficient water for 10-12 hours. Pressure cook by adding little salt and drain the water and keep it aside. If you want you can keep it in the refrigerator too.
  • Cut the tomatoes and scoop out the seeds.Chop the tomatoes finely.
  • Add finely chopped green chili and pepper powder to this.
mixed bean salad
  • Mix the tomato salsa with the cooked bean and add lemon juice, finely chopped capsicum |bell pepper.
Mixed bean salad
  • Mixed bean salsa is ready. 
Summer-salad
Notes:
  1. You can add finely chopped raw mango, cucumber, carrot to this salad.
  2. If you do not want green chili just omit that.

  

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