Easy and healthy salad made with mung bean sprouts, herbs, veggies and lemon. This makes a great breakfast or a snack.

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 5 minutes
  • Cook time: 1 minutes
  • Total time: 5 minutes
  • Yield: 1
  • Category: Salad
  • Cuisine: Indian

Ingredients

  • ¾ cup mung bean sprouts ((sprouted green gram))
  • 1 tablespoon onions (fine chopped)
  • 1 small tomato (fine chopped)
  • ¼ cup cucumber (finely chopped)
  • 1 small carrot (chopped or grated)
  • 1 small green chili ((deseeded & chopped) or crushed black pepper)
  • 2 tablespoons coriander leaves (or celery chopped finely)
  • salt (as needed)
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice (or 1 tsp apple cider)
  • ¼ teaspoon chaat masala (for flavor (optional))
  • ½ cup cornflakes (or wheat flakes (optional))
  • 1 tablespoon coconut (fresh, grated or finely chopped)
  • ¼ inch ginger (grated (helps in digestion))
  • 2 to 4 fresh mint leaves (fine chopped (optional, aids digestion))

Method

Preparation

  1. Skip if using homemade fresh sprouts: Rinse the store bought sprouts. Bring 2 cups water to a rolling boil and add the sprouts. Turn off the stove and mix well. Drain them to a colander and rinse with 2 cups of drinking water, not tap water. Shake the colander well and let them drain fully until you prepare the rest.
  2. Rinse all the vegetables, herbs, ginger (optional) and green chilli. Peel the carrots and ginger. Grate them.
  3. Fine chop onions, tomatoes, cucumber, coriander leaves and green chilli. Cut the lemon.

How to Make Sprouts Salad

  1. To a large mixing bowl. add the sprouts. Make sure there is no excess moisture. Add the prepared vegetables, ginger, green chilies and coriander leaves.
  2. Sprinkle salt and lemon juice. Toss them well. Transfer to serving bowl and top with cornflakes or roasted poha chivda. If you want you may sprinkle chaat masala and black pepper.
  3. If you want you can also add chopped mint leaves and fresh coconut. Serve sprouts salad immediately.

Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note

Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.