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The carrot cucumber and rajma Salad in mint dressing is a treat to your taste buds and eyes, in more ways than one. Not only is the vegetable salad with mint and lemon dressing beautiful to behold, it also provides excellent nourishment for your eyes and eye muscles. Learn how to make healthy Indian salad recipe for weight loss.

To make healthy Indian salad recipe for weight loss, you need to soak the rajma overnight and then drain it and cook it with little salt and water in a pressure cooker. Then combine these veggies like carrot, cucumber and spring onions and a dressing of lemon juice, mint leaves, salt and pepper powder. The salad is ready for serving.

Healthy weight loss vegetable salad is a light salad loaded with vitamin A from carrot and mint together with protein-rich rajma too. The Vitamin C from lemon juice is another highlight of this recipe which helps in building your immune system and enhancing your capacity to fight various diseases.

Rajma also abounds in calcium and potassium. While the calcium helps in bone strengthening, the potassium helps to balance the effect of excess sodium in the body. It also helps to maintain normal heartbeat. Thus this salad can be enjoyed by heart patients. Diabetic too can enjoy this vegetable salad with mint and lemon dressing, as there is no ingredient which is high on glycemic index scale. Instead the fiber in it is sure to help you manage your sugar levels better.

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Carrot Cucumber and Rajma Salad in Mint Dressing recipe - How to make Carrot Cucumber and Rajma Salad in Mint Dressing

Preparation Time:    Cooking Time:    Total Time:     4Makes 4 servings
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Ingredients

For Carrot Cucumber and Rajma Salad In Mint Dressing
1 cup thinly sliced carrot
1 cup thinly sliced cucumber
1/2 cup soaked and boiled rajma (kidney beans)
1/2 cup sliced spring onions

To Be Mixed Together Into A Mint Dressing
2 tbsp finely chopped mint leaves (phudina)
1 tbsp lemon juice
salt to taste
freshly ground black pepper (kalimirch) to taste
Method

For carrot cucumber and rajma salad
    For carrot cucumber and rajma salad
  1. Combine all the ingredients for the salad in a bowl and toss well.
  2. Add the mint dressing and toss well.
  3. Serve the carrot cucumber and rajma salad in mint dressing immediately.

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How to cook rajma
  1. To make rajma for healthy Indian salad recipe for weight loss, soak rajma in enough water in a deep bowl for 8 hours.
  2. This is how the rajma looks after being soaked.
  3. Drain well.
  4. In a pressure cooker, add rajma.
  5. Add salt to taste. 
  6. Add water for cooking in the pressure cooker.
  7. Mix well and pressure cook for 3 whistles.
  8. Allow the steam to escape before opening the lid. Do not drain the water. Keep aside.

To make Mint Dressing for Carrot Cucumber and Rajma Salad
  1. For the mint dressing of healthy weight loss vegetable salad, take some finely chopped mint leaves in a bowl. 
  2. Add lemon juice to it.
  3. Add salt as per taste.
  4. Add black pepper powder as per taste.
  5. Mix well using a spoon. Keep aside.

For Carrot Cucumber and Rajma Salad with Mint Dressing
  1. For carrot cucumber and rajma Salad in mint dressing recipe | vegetable salad with mint and lemon dressing | healthy weight loss vegetable salad | healthy Indian salad recipe for weight loss, place some thinly sliced carrots in a bowl. 
  2. To this add thinly sliced cucumber too.
  3. Add the soaked and cooked rajma.
  4. Add spring onion greens and whites for colour, taste and crunch. 

  5. Add the mint dressing.
  6. Toss vegetable salad with mint and lemon dressing well using a spoon.
  7. Carrot Cucumber and Rajma Salad in Mint Dressing is ready for serving.

Health Benefits of Carrot Cucumber and Rajma Salad with Mint Dressing
  1. Carrot Cucumber and Rajma Salad with Mint Dressing - for Weight loss and Healthy Heart.
  2. A low calorie and high protein salad which is perfect to achieve your weight loss goals.
  3. The fiber in this salad will help maintain blood sugar and cholesterol levels under too.
  4. The antioxidants from veggies will keep inflammation at bay and workm towards a healthy heart.
  5. This salad can be included by PCOD, cancer patients and athletes. 
  6. The vitamin C along with a few antioxidants will help to add a glow to your skin and shine to your hair.
Accompaniments

Dill Cottage Cheese 

Nutrient values (Abbrv) per serving
Energy47 cal
Protein2.1 g
Carbohydrates9.1 g
Fiber2.9 g
Fat0.3 g
Cholesterol0 mg
Sodium14.7 mg

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Carrot Cucumber and Rajma Salad in Mint Dressing
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 on 18 Nov 20 08:18 AM


Not yet but as per your formula honey onion carrot cucumber mint leaves good for health even if you had little ginger good
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Tarla Dalal    Thanks for the feedback !!! Keep reviewing recipes and articles you loved.
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18 Nov 20 02:30 PM
Carrot Cucumber and Rajma Salad in Mint Dressing
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 on 30 Sep 20 05:26 PM


Would definitely recommend this salad. Also can try in house parties. Quick and filling. Mint and lemon gives a lovely tangy taste.
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Tarla Dalal    Thanks so much for trying our recipe, it means a lot to us.
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01 Oct 20 11:06 AM
Carrot Cucumber and Rajma Salad in Mint Dressing
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Foodie #683619
 on 17 Mar 19 02:17 PM


plz someone tell me that how can I select recipes and list them seperately ,so I can have all my selected recipes at one place whenever I need them. How can i make my recipe book in the application.
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Tarla Dalal    Use the same login id and password you used for td.com and enter the application. To add recipes to your cookbook, click on the icon “Add to my cookbook” on the left panel of any recipe page and choose the cookbook in which you would like to add the recipe to. Alternatively, click on the icon “Add to my cookbook” on right side of the recipe. Choose the cookbook in which you would like to add the recipe to.
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18 Mar 19 02:24 PM
Carrot Cucumber and Rajma Salad in Mint Dressing
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 on 19 Mar 18 11:44 AM


This is awesome. My kids also loved it very much. And honey tastes super in this salad. Thank you for such awesome recipe
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Tarla Dalal    Hi Pinky, we are glad you liked the recipe. Do try more and more recipes and let us know how they turned out. Happy Cooking !!
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19 Mar 18 12:54 PM
Carrot Cucumber and Rajma Salad in Mint Dressing
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 on 09 Dec 16 10:43 PM


This is the best salad.for heart disease patint Amazing website for cook
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Tarla Dalal    Thanks Praveen. Good to hear from you.
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10 Dec 16 10:39 AM
Carrot, Cucumber and Rajma Salad in Mint Dressing
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n_katira
 on 06 Oct 14 12:25 PM


A healthy salad which is nice and crunchy in the mouth feel. Lemon always goes very well with the rajma thus making this salad a super hit.
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