Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, sprouted lentil salad. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
This sprouted lentil salad is a bit like a pasta salad in the way it comes together, but it may not win any awards for "food you can take to parties with normal people," unfortunately. Sprouted Lentil Salad. this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. This video is from the series - Whats cooking in the Thomas house?
Sprouted Lentil Salad is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Sprouted Lentil Salad is something that I have loved my entire life.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook sprouted lentil salad using 12 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Sprouted Lentil Salad:
- Make ready 1 cup Organic dry lentils (sprouted)
- Get 1 finely chopped red onion
- Make ready 1-2 crisp apples (I like gala)
- Take 1 cup chopped celery
- Prepare 1 cup pomegranate aerials
- Prepare 1 cup chopped toasted walnuts (or pecans, almonds, pistachio…)
- Make ready 1 cup mayonnaise
- Make ready 3 tbl. Spoon white wine vinegar
- Take 1/2 tsp. Salt
- Prepare 1 Tbl. Spoon sugar (or to taste)
- Get Pinch pepper
- Make ready 1 Tbl. Spoon poppyseeds
For the salad: rinse & drain the lentils and combine with the cabbage, bell pepper and green onions. I just sprouted lentils, and like WAY too many for lentil fingers, so this is friggin' great! To make a salad of sprouted lentils we can use different types of lentils like : Whole Moong, Whole Lobiya, Whole Desi Chana, Whole White Chana, peas and Moth etc. These simple sprouting instructions yield themselves to many, many delicious dishes.
Instructions to make Sprouted Lentil Salad:
- Step one: sprout the lentils. Place lentils in large (at least 4 cup capacity, lentils will need room to grow, or use multiple jars) glass jar covered with water. Soak for 4 -8 hours.
- My sprouting jar. If you are unsure if you'll enjoy sprouted lentils, just sprout 1/4 cup the first time. Add to your lettuce salads, enjoy in sandwiches or wraps, and as a really nice crunchy topping for tacos instead of floppy lettuce.I always have a batch in the fridge, and one going on the counter, I am so in love with sprouts!
- Drain lentils. Rinse in cool water. Cover top of jar with cheese cloth, or mesh held on with rubber band or twine. Drain lentils. Place jar on its side in a dish or tray to catch remaining water. Let rest on counter.
- For next 3 -7 days, rinse and drain jar twice a day, until lentils sprout. They will begin to sprout in 1 or two days, but I like to leave them until they just start to get green leaves.
- Rinse sprouted lentils in extra large bowl, filled with water. Some of the empty seed jackets will float to the top. You can skim them off, if you want, but they are edible and loaded with good for you fiber, so it's up to you.
- Drain well, a salad spinner works well here. If not using in salad, immediately, store in covered container in fridge, rinsing every couple of days, to keep them hydrated. They will continue to grow, and will outgrow the container if left too long.
- Prepare the rest of salad veggies, feel free to add any of your favorites. I often add cauliflower or broccoli, chopped finely. When I don't have pomegranate, red bell peppers add a nice pop of color.
- Mix salad dressing ingredients, adjusting sugar, salt and vinegar to taste. If your apples are really sweet, you may not need more sugar. Sub honey, agave or other sugar substitute as desired.
- Toss saldad with dressing, stirring in most of the nuts. Save a few for garnish.
- This salad is best when served soon after tossing, however I have enjoyed it days later too. The fruit juices tend to dilute the poppyseed dressing and settles into a milky watery puddle, but the apples retain their color and it still tastes great.
Sprouting is super easy and you can enjoy the added nutritional benefits with hardly Benefits of sprouting lentils: Lentils contain phytic acid, which can be difficult to digest. A truck just pulled up in front of my house and dropped off a palette of flattened boxes. your salad looks so good! I haven't had sprouts in far too long. Includes lentils, purple onion, red bell pepper, chopped cilantro, chopped tomatoes, minced garlic, sliced black olives, fresh corn, olive oil. Sprout lentil (dal) salad is a colorful, refreshing, nourishing dish, a good source of protein and calcium.
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