Mixed Bean Salad

About Mixed Bean Salad

Ingredients

• Salad
• Kidney beans (rajma), soaked overnight and boiled 1 cup
• Chickpeas (kabuli chane), soaked overnight and boiled 1 cup
• Corn kernels, boiled 1 cup
• Medium red/green capsicum, chopped 1
• Fresh coriander leaves, chopped 3 tsps
• Medium onion, finely chopped 1
• Celery, finely chopped 1 stalk
• Dressing
• Garlic cloves, minced 2
• Cumin powder ½ tsp
• Coriander powder ½ tsp
• Salt to taste
• Vinegar 2 tsps
• Oil 8 tsps
• Black pepper powder to taste
• Red chilli flakes (optional) as required

How to Make Mixed Bean Salad (Stepwise Photos)

Method

1. Take kidney beans, chickpeas, corn, capsicum, coriander leaves, onion and celery in a big bowl and mix with a wooden fork.
2. For the dressing, take garlic, cumin powder, coriander powder, salt, vinegar and oil in a small bowl and whisk. Add black pepper powder and red chilli flakes (opt) and whisk.
3. Add the dressing to the salad, mix well and serve.

Additional Tips and Tricks

About chef

Chef Shilarna Vaze (Chinu)

Shilarna is currently doing a show " Sunny Side Up" on FOOD FOOD.

Know More

Chaitrali Deshmukh

Thank you for the amazing instructions.

I have success w/ my dosa but does not last long stored in the refrigerator.

Maybe I am fermenting for too long, or add the salt before the rise?

I also was wondering if it is important to blend separately or can it be blended all together?

Reply

Chef Saransh Goila

Hi Chaitrali,
Yes, cut down the fermentation time and add salt only to the required portion at the time of making the dosa. Also storing in smaller containers just enough for a day helps. Once the batter in a larger container is disturbed (by stirring or scooping out a little etc), I feel it turns sour faster. You can blend them together if you want. But we do it separately because we want the dal batter to become fluffy and the rice batter slightly coarse. Fluffy dal batter makes the dosas light and coarse rice batter makes them extra crispy without making the dosas hard. Hope this helps