Moong Sprout Salad Recipe

Moong sprouts salad or Chat is a very easy as well as a very healthy salad recipe. And also it is very colourful spicy, tangy and nutritious dish. A chat is usually associated with fried foods but the sprouted Moong chaat is a healthy version of chat with refreshing flavour. Sprouted Moong is usually mix in taste yet by including tomatoes, sweet potatoes, onions and spices or herbs can makes it an awesome dish which is very tempting to eat.  They can be served for breakfast or as an evening snack.

In this salad recipe, we need to steam or boil the sprouts till they are completely cooked. The water which we use for boil sprouts is generally discarded. But that water is very healthy and can be used for cooking or can be given to your plants or herbs which you are growing in your kitchen garden.

This salad made from moong sprouts is especially good for folks who do not have much time for cooking. Although you can get ready made sprouted moong beans from market but it is always better and healthy to sprout moong beans at home.

Ingredients (measuring cup used, 1 cup = 250 ml)

2 cups of sprouted moong beans

1 small or medium sized onion, finely chopped

1 medium size tomato, finely chopped

1 green chilli (optional), finely chopped

¼ tsp red chilli powder

½ or 1 tsp chaat masala (optional)

1 tsp lemon juice or as required

1 boiled potato or boiled sweet potato (optional)

Few coriander leaves and lemon slices for garnishing

Rock salt or black salt as required

Method:

Step1: Wash and rinse sprouted beans.

Step2: In a pan add sprouted moong beans and half cup of water and boil for 10 to 15 minutes or until beans become tender, but not mushy. If you like crunchy then boil only for few minutes. 

Step3: While beans are boiling chopped the vegetables and keeps them aside or places them in the refrigerator.

Step4: Once the beans become tender transfer them into a colander to drain the hot water out and rinse them with cold water so that they do not cook any more. Leave the cooked sprouted beans in the colander for few minutes and let all the water drains out. If you are not making chaat immediately then transfer the beans in the bowl and place them in the refrigerator.

Step5: Just before serving chat add chopped tomatoes, chopped sweet potatoes, and chopped cucumbers, chopped onions and chopped green chillies and mix well with the beans. 

Step6: Lastly, season with salt and add few drops of lemon juice. Garnish with lemon slices or coriander leaves.

Step7: Serve moong sprouts salad immediately.