Bean salad is a common cold salad composed of various cooked beans – green beans, yellow wax beans, garbanzo beans, kidney beans – and typically fresh raw onions, peppers, and/or other vegetables, tossed in a vinaigrette or vinegar and characteristically sweetened with sugar. It can also be prepared as a pickled dish.
Eating legumes four times a week or more, compared to less than once a week, confers a 22 percent lower risk of coronary heart disease. Research also shows that legumes lower blood pressure and that a single serving of beans a day can reduce LDL (bad) cholesterol by 5 percent.
Next day pressure cook on medium flame upto first whistle , lower the flame to lowest .
Cook on lowest flame flame for 12 mins.
Drain ,rinse and and keep aside .
In a bowl take all the ingredients one by one and mix well .
Add the cooked rajma and mix well.
Serve chilled or at room temperature.
Simple kidney beans / rajma salad
NOTES
For crunch we can add roasted peanuts
We can take a combo of corn + beans .
You can use canned beans to make this salad. Just make sure to drain and rinse them before using them.
Try same recipe with white chick pea / kabuli channa / black channa .
Beans and legumes are some of the most underrated foods on the planet. They are excellent sources of dietary fiber, protein, B vitamins and many other important vitamins and minerals. There is good evidence that they can help reduce blood sugar, improve cholesterol levels and help maintain a healthy gut.
Beans and legumes are some of the most underrated foods on the planet. They are excellent sources of dietary fiber, protein, B vitamins and many other important vitamins and minerals. There is good evidence that they can help reduce blood sugar, improve cholesterol levels and help maintain a healthy gut.
