This is a healthy and delicious salad recipe made with Kala Chana and other basic ingredients. It can be served as a side dish for the main course meal or just as salad. You can top it with some sev or papdi and chat masala to make Chaat with this recipe. You can add or skip any ingredients as per your taste.
Kala chana is very nutritious and just like white garbanzo beans, you can make curry just like Chana Masala. This recipe is gluten-free and sugar-free. Once the garbanzo beans are cooked, you can make this salad in under 10 mins. But you need to plan this recipe ahead of time as it involves soaking the beans (at least 4-5 hours) and cooking them.
The beans are soaked for few hours and cooked under pressure. Then it’s just involves mixing of all the ingredients together in one bowl. Very easy, isn’t it?
Ingredients
1 cup dry Kala Chana / Black Garbanzo bean
1 tsp salt
1 chopped onion
2 chopped avocado
1 chopped tomato
1 grated carrot
1/4 cup corn kernels
1/2 cup chopped cilantro
1/4 cup cream cheese ( cut into pieces)
1 tbsp lime juice
Salt to taste
Preparation:
1. Soak beans overnight with enough water. Drain the water and cook the Beans in instant pot with 1 tsp salt and 1 cup water for 10 mins on high and allow the pressure to release naturally.
2.. Remove the beans from the instant pot. You should be able to mash the beans by pressing them with your fingers. Preserve the water to use it for Curries.
3. In a mixing bowl, add the beans, onions, tomatoes, carrots, corn, cilantro and avocado. Mix them together.
4. Adjust the salt if needed. Add lime juice and chopped cream cheese and mix well.
5. Serve the salad with the main course or top it with sev or papdi and serve it as Chaat.
Notes:
1. If you forget to soak beans overnight, soak them for at least two hours and cook them in instant pot for 30 minutes or up to 8 whistles in pressure cooker.
2. You can totally skip this step of soaking and cooking the beans if you use white canned garbanzo beans.
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