Health mix as the name suggests is a very healthy and nutritious dish that can be consumed by old and young alike. It can also be had by diabetics, BP patients, pregnant and lactating mothers upon consultation with their doctors. Usually sprouted pulses are said to be more nutritious that non-sprouted ones. Now the salad that I have prepared is a modernized version of the traditional one. In olden times they never prepared these sprout salads as discussed in this recipe. When the ladies of the house keep pulses for sprouting (for preparing various dishes…..I will talk about this in my future posts) they usually consume some from these sprouts while working in the kitchen. They were ignorant about the nutritional value these sprouts had. The traditional one had only a mixture of sprouts of your choice or even one type of pulse is taken and sprouted. Sprouts of Bengal gram, red lobia, green gram and even fenugreek were the ones usually prepared and consumed. In this recipe I have used sprouts of green gram and even fenugreek. No onion and garlic have been used in the preparation of the salad.
Ingredients
You need
For sprouting
- 2 tbspn of green gram
- 1 tspn of fenugreek seeds
For salad preparation
- A small piece of salad cucumber cut into thin slices
- A small piece of carrot cut into thin slices
- 4 Cashewnuts (unsalted, non-roasted)
- 4 Badam/Almonds (unsalted, non-roasted)
- 6 Raisins
- 6 Raw groundnuts (Avoid this if you are allergic) (optional)
- 1 walnut (optional)
- A small spoon of virgin olive oil
Method
Sprouting
Wash and soak the green gram and fenugreek seed in a bowl (either together or separately. I usually keep it together) in the morning. By night drain off all the water and keep it closed. By next day you will see the radicals have started to appear and by second day you will see that the radicals are fully grown. Sometimes the fenugreek seeds will take one more day to give fully grown radicals. So if you have soaked both green gram and fenugreek seeds separately you can take the green gram and keep in fridge until use.
Now your sprouts are ready. Next you have to cut the salad cucumber into thin slices. Peel and wash the carrot and cut that too into thin slices. Cut the cashewnuts and almond also into halves. Add the raisins, raw groundnuts,walnut and one small spoon of virgin olive oil. Mix well.
Your health mix is ready to be consumed.
Tips
Other veggies that you can add include cabbage, raw pumpkin, raw/tender ivy gourd etc
Other nuts you can add include pista (unsalted), a few cranberries, 1 date fruit, 1 fig etc..
Choose your dry fruits carefully so that you avoid the chance of getting allergies.
