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February 12, 2011

Moong sprout with egg salad - Sandwich




Ingredients
Egg – 6
Vegetables like celery, carrot, bell pepper – 1½ cups,
Sprouts or any other micro greens – 1 cup
Whole grain bread – 8 slices
Mayonnaice - 2 to 3 tbsp
Mustard – ½ tsp
Onion - mediam size
Olive oil – 1 tbsp
Juice of half a lemon
Parsley or cilantro – 1 tbsp, minced
Red pepper flakes – 1 tsp
Salt

Method
Halve the hard boiled eggs, separating the yolks from the whites. Cut the whites and set aside.
In heated kadai add oil fry mustard seeds,onion, vegetables and the sprouts. Just few minutes not fully cook.
After its cool down add the remaining ingredients and mix well.

Spread the egg salad on toasted bread, followed by another slice of bread. 

Moong sprout salad




Ingredients:
1 cup fresh moong sprouts
1/4 cup finely chopped cucumber
1/4 cup finely chopped/grated carrot
1/4 cup finely chopped tomatoes
2 tbsp finely chopped raw mango pieces
1 tbsp chopped walnuts
1 tbsp chopped dried apricots or dates or raisins
1/4 cup chopped fresh coriander

for the dressing:
3-4 finely chopped/minced green chillies
1/2 tsp grated ginger(optional)
1/4 tsp chat masala(optional)
generous drizzle of lemon juice
few drops of honey(optional)
salt to taste


Fry the moong sprouts in a pan with few spoons of water for about 5 min. Take mixing bowl add the all ingredients one by one.(if you give lunch box you have to separate the tomato and cucumber) Then add dressing mix.

Variations: You can avoid honey,ginger in the above salad and add grated coconut to the salad.You can even add raw soaked groundnuts,chopped fresh grapes,sliced oranges/Mesambi 
for different flavors.