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Chickpea Salad

Meeting everyday protein requirements can be quite challenging, especially for vegetarians, but these 5 indian salad recipes will help you meet your daily protein intake. They are not only rich in protein but also high in fibre and provide numerous benefits. These Indian salad recipes are perfect for lunch or dinner, super easy to make and will keep you full for hours.

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Chickpea Salad

This salad is light to eat, delicious and also keeps hunger away for a long time. Chickpeas help in controlling blood sugar levels, increases satiety and helps with weight loss. Indian salad recipes with chickpeas also help improve digestion, balance unhealthy cholesterol levels, and reduce hypertension.

Thus, these Indian salad recipes are good for the heart.

Ingredients

1 cup Chickpeas – soaked overnight

1 diced Onion

2 diced tomatoes

2 diced Chillies

1 Lemon cut in half

1/2 cup Coriander

1 1/2 or 2 tsp. Chat Masala, to taste

Salt to taste

Directions

Just mix all the ingredients together and add salt to taste for one of the most delicious Indian salad recipes! 

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Moong Sprouts Salad

Moong has been used in Ayurveda since a long time because of its benefits. It helps in lowering cholesterol, is rich in antioxidants which help fight cancer. Indian salad recipes with moong lower high blood pressure, prevent heart diseases, boost immunity and are a good source of vitamins and minerals.

With these delicious Indian salad recipes with moong and sprouts, enjoy a quick, highly nutritious 10-minute meal! 

 

Ingredients

2 cups of moong sprouts

1 tomato, diced

1 onion, diced

1 tbsp. lemon juice

Green chilies

 ½ tsp. chat masala

Salt /black salt, to taste.

Directions

Mix all the ingredients in a bowl for these delicious Indian salad recipes. 

 

Paneer Salad

Paneer can be easily made at home using milk or is readily available in the market, so consider making Indian salad recipes with this amazing ingredient. Cottage cheese has more benefits than milk as it is rich in fibre, boosts the immune system, controls blood pressure, improves teeth and bone health and also improves the metabolism. There are many Indian salad recipes that make great use of paneer. 

 

Ingredients

100 gms Cottage cheese

½ Cup cherry tomatoes

½ Cup shredded purple cabbage

2 Green chilies

Fistful of toasted Sesame Seeds

Olive Oil to taste

Salt to taste

Directions

Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl. In five minutes, you have an amazing dinner with these delicious Indian salad recipes. 

 

Bean Salad

Indian salad recipes with beans are high in protein because of the density of the beans. These bean salads provide many benefits like reducing cholesterol, giving you a lot of energy, helping in fighting cancer. 

Lower the risk of heart disease with these Indian salad recipes. 

 

Ingredients

1 Cup kidney beans or black beans (soaked overnight and drained)

½ cup diced cucumber

½ cup chopped green onions

½ Cup feta cheese crumbled

¼ cup chopped parsley

Salt to taste

Directions

Mix all the ingredients in a bowl. Wait for five minutes and then enjoy these delicious Indian salad recipes. 

 

Mixed Seeds Salad

Roasted seeds can be made at home or can be bought as they are readily available. Some common benefits they provide are that they help in improving our immunity, are rich in Omega 3 fatty acids, have anti-diabetic effects, help lower cholesterol levels and are a good source of minerals. Indian salad recipes with mixed seeds are only growing more and more popular. 

Ingredients

1 cup cottage cheese crumbled

1 cup of mixed raw vegetables (shredded purple cabbage and carrot)

½ Cup pomegranate seeds

½ cup mixed seed (Roasted) like pumpkin, sesame, sunflower, flaxseeds, etc.

Directions

Combine all the ingredients in a bowl. Enjoy the positive health effects of these Indian salad recipes with mixed seeds! 

 

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