kabuli chana salad recipe | kabuli chana vegetable salad with paneer | healthy Indian kabuli chana salad with pudina dressing |

by Tarla Dalal

Kabuli Chana Salad, Healthy Indian Chana Salad

add to my cookbook add to shopping list

5/5 stars 100% LIKED IT 2 REVIEWS ALL GOOD

Added to 125 cookbooks This recipe has been viewed 49368 times

kabuli chana salad recipe | kabuli chana vegetable salad with paneer | healthy Indian chana salad with pudina dressing | with 31 amazing images.

kabuli chana salad recipe | kabuli chana vegetable salad with paneer | healthy Indian chana salad with pudina dressing is a healthy protein brimming salad. Learn how to make kabuli chana vegetable salad with paneer.

To make the dressing for kabuli chana salad, combine all the ingredients in a mixer and blend into a smooth purée. Refrigerate. Then combine all the ingredients including the dressing and mix well. Serve chilled.

Simple ingredients tossed together to perfection to create an impressive salad bowl which is not only pleasant to look at and flavourful, but has plenty of nourishment. While you can buy readymade paneer, here’s how to make perfect paneer at home for kabuli chana vegetable salad with paneer.

One of the most nutritious of all beans, chick peas (or garbanzo beans) are rich in fibre, protein and folic acid . Curds and paneer enrich this tangy salad with more protein and also calcium, while coriander and mint increase its vitamin A content of this kabuli chana salad.

Chill this healthy Indian chana salad with pudina dressing thoroughly before you eat it. Diabetics, heart patients and weight watchers can relish this salad. They can make their choice between full fat paneer and low fat paneer.

Tips for kabuli chana salad. 1. The kabuli chana must be well cooked and yet you should be able to bite into it. Enusre it is not overcooked and mushy like we do it for hummus. 2. Kabuli chana can be replaced with boiled rajma.

kabuli chana salad recipe | kabuli chana vegetable salad with paneer | healthy Indian chana salad with pudina dressing | with step by step photos.

Add your private note

Kabuli Chana Salad, Chana Vegetable Salad with Paneer recipe - How to make Kabuli Chana Salad, Chana Vegetable Salad with Paneer

Tags

Preparation Time: 20 mins Cooking Time: 0 mins Total Time: 20 mins 2Makes 2 servings
Show me for servings

Ingredients

For Kabuli Chana Salad
3/4 cup soaked and cooked kabuli chana (white chick peas)
1/4 cup tomato cubes
3 tbsp finely chopped spring onions
1/4 cup paneer (cottage cheese) cubes
1/4 cup cucumber cubes

For The Curd Dressing
1/2 cup mint leaves (pudina)
1/4 cup chopped coriander (dhania)
1/4 tsp chopped ginger (adrak)
1 tsp chopped green chillies
3 tbsp curd (dahi)
salt to taste

Method

For the dressing

Combine all the ingredients in a mixer and blend into a smooth purée. Refrigerate.

How to proceed

To make the kabuli chana salad, combine all the ingredients including the dressing and mix well.
Serve chilled.

Kabuli Chana Salad, Chana Vegetable Salad with Paneer recipe with step by step photos

like kabuli chana salad

like kabuli chana salad recipe | kabuli chana vegetable salad with paneer | healthy Indian kabuli chana salad with pudina dressing | then see our healthy Indian salad with dressings and some recipes we love below.
- beet and sprouts salad recipe | healthy sprouted beetroot salad | beetroot and alfa-alfa sprouts salad | beetroot sprout salad | with 11 amazing images.
- paneer aur hara chane ka salad recipe | healthy paneer chana salad | protein rich chana salad | calcium rich paneer salad recipe | with 22 amazing images.
- sprouts coconut salad recipe | sprouts salad with coconut | healthy mixed sprouts salad with coconut | with 18 amazing images.

what is kabuli chana salad recipe made off?

what is kabuli chana salad recipe made off? kabuli chana vegetable salad with paneer is made from cheap and easily available ingredients in India such as 3/4 cup soaked and cooked kabuli chana (white chick peas), 1/4 cup tomato cubes, 3 tbsp finely chopped spring onions (whites and greens), 1/4 cup paneer (cottage cheese) cubes, 1/4 cup cucumber cubes and a minty ( pudina ) curd dressing of 1/2 cup chopped mint leaves (phudina) , 1/4 cup chopped coriander (dhania), 1/4 tsp chopped ginger (adrak ), 3 tbsp low fat curds (dahi) and salt to taste. See below image of list of ingredients of kabuli chana salad.

soaking and cooking kabuli chana

To make the kabuli chana salad recipe | kabuli chana vegetable salad with paneer | healthy Indian kabuli chana salad with pudina dressing | wash and soak 3/4 cup of kabuli chana overnight in a deep bowl. Note that 3/4 cup kabuli chana will give you 2 cups soaked and cooked kabuli chana.
In the morning, drain well using a strainer.
Transfer the soaked chana to a pressure cooker.

Add the salt and 3 cup of water.
Pressure cook it for 4 to 5 whistles over a medium flame or until they are soft. Allow the steam to escape naturally and then carefully open the lid.
Drain the boiled kabuli chana using a strainer.
Soaked, cooked and drained kabuli chana.

benefits of kabuli chana

benefits of paneer

making curd mint ( pudina) dressing for kabuli chana salad

In a mixer put 1/2 cup mint leaves (pudina).

Add 1/4 cup chopped coriander (dhania).
Add 1/4 tsp chopped ginger (adrak).
Add 1 tsp chopped green chillies.
Add 3 tbls curds (dahi).
Add salt to taste. We added 1/4 tsp salt.

Blend into a smooth purée.
Pour into a bowl and chill.

making kabuli chana salad

To make kabuli chana salad recipe | kabuli chana vegetable salad with paneer | healthy Indian kabuli chana salad with pudina dressing | in a bowl put soaked and cooked kabuli chana (white chick peas). See above on step by step on how to soak and cook kabuli chana.
Add 1/4 cup tomato cubes.
Add 3 tbsp finely chopped spring onions, whites and green.

Add 1/4 cup paneer (cottage cheese) cubes. Use low fat paneer if diabetic or on weight loss.
Add 1/4 cup cucumber cubes.
Add salt to taste. We added 1/2 tsp salt.
Add the curd mint ( pudina ) dressing. See above on how to make curd mint dressing.
Mix well and chill.

Put kabuli chana salad | kabuli chana vegetable salad with paneer | healthy Indian kabuli chana salad with pudina dressing | in a serving bowl.
Serve kabuli chana salad | kabuli chana vegetable salad with paneer | healthy Indian kabuli chana salad with pudina dressing | cold.

tips for kabuli chana salad

The kabuli chana must be well cooked and yet you should be able to bite into it. Enusre it is not overcooked and mushy like we make it for hummus.
Kabuli chana can be replaced with boiled rajma.

health benefits of kabuli chana salad

Kabuli Chana Salad – rich in protein, calcium and fibre.

With enough protein and fibre, this salad is extremely satiating which is sure to keep you going till next meal.
Weight watchers can benefit from these 2 nutrients. They can replace full fat paneer with low fat paneer to cut down on fat if they wish to.
Diabetics and heart patients too can benefit from the fibre this salad has to offer.
The vitamin A from mint is a way to add glow to skin.
Calcium and phosphorus from paneer can aid in bone strengthening process.