Warm North Indian Salad
Photos by Katherine Rasmussen Polovina | Luna Light Media
This is a terrific and quick warm salad that is downright addictive. I really like it with cooked adzuki beans, but just about any legume would work.
It’s so versatile that you can serve it over a bed of lettuce, over rice, with Indian bread, or stuffed in a pita.
Yield: 3 cups
Ingredients:
Instructions:
- In a deep, heavy pan, heat the oil over medium-high heat.
- Add the cumin and turmeric. Cook until the seeds sizzle, about 30 seconds.
- Add the onion, ginger, garlic, and fresh chiles. Cook until browned, about 2 minutes.
- Add the beans, lentils, or peas. Cook another 2 minutes.
- Add the sea salt, chile powder, kala namak, and cilantro. Mix well and serve.
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I love mixing in freshly sprouted lentils or beans toward the end. You don’t want to kill the nutritional properties of the sprouts by cooking them, but adding them at the end will give you just enough flavor. We love eating the sprout concoction as a breakfast with a side of toast.
Recipes excerpted from Instant Pot Indian by Anupy Singla. Agate Publishing, 2023.
Cover photo © Andrew Miller | Andrew Miller Photography.