This is how I cook red bean salad which is an easy recipe. Any types of beans are always rich in many nutrients including protein. Those are delicious in taste too.This red bean salad is also a delicious Sri lankan style dish that is also suitable as breakfast.
Only thing need is we have to plan the meal few hours ahead, because you need to soak red beans before cooking.
Also check this red kidney beans curry recipe before reading further.
My husband loves to eat beans & peas than me; even he likes to eat those as his breakfast which is good in nutrients. However earlier days I was bit lazy to prepare this kind of food in the morning & always my breakfast to pack in meal box was some kind of sandwich, burger bun or any type of bun which I can buy from a super market. I practiced this for few years during the week days, but from few months ago I tried to cook something in the morning. Then I realized it doesn’t consume much time to prepare some other meal. On the other way, it is healthier too.
red bean salad
Anyway in Sri Lanka, we used to eat boiled peas & beans as our breakfast. So in another way I have started to cook a traditional Sri Lankan meal for breakfast.
red bean salad
This red bean salad is bit spicy as we like spicy food. But you can adjust the amount of chili as per your taste.
Here is the recipe
Ingredients (2 portions)
1 cup Red beans (soaked in water over night or about 5-6 hours)
1 onion sliced
1 green chili sliced
1 tsp dry chili pieces
Salt to taste
1 tbs ginger,garlic paste
1 tspn mustard seeds
1-2 tbs oil to fry
2 sprigs curry leaves
1 tspn mustard seeds
1-2 tbs oil to fry
2 sprigs curry leaves
Water to cook red beans
Method
Soak Red beans in water over night or about 5-6 hours.
When you are ready to prepare the salad,
First cook/boil soaked red beans. After cooked, drain the water.
Add about ½ tspn salt,mix well & keep aside.
Heat 1-2 tbsp oil in a pan.
Add mustard seed when oil is heated.
Then add ginger, garlic paste.
When you get the fragrance, add onion & curry leaf, Mix well.
Once onion is tender, add cooked red beans.
Then add chili pieces & mix well
Adjust salt to taste.
Then remove from heat
Adjust salt to taste.
Then remove from heat
.Toss sliced green chili over it & mix.
Red bean salad is ready to serve…
This is good as breakfast & also as an appetizer.
Also good for meal box,and will suit for kids lunch box in a small quantity but without spices.
13 comments
healthy and delicious salad..
Healthy and nutritious salad,love it!!
Nice and healthy salad…Looks yummy
Salad looks healthy & delicious.
very tasty. iam off to soak some kidney beans.
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looks healthy, fresh and delicious.
healthy and delicious salad …. Glad to follow ur blog …….
hi amy, this is so convenient to cook, pack and eat/ i guess , taste great with paratha or bread.
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thanks for all these comments,I prepared this for meal box,& for breakfast.Sri Lankans eat boiled beans/peas as their breakfast… 🙂 Have a nice weekend to you all!!
very nutritious and guilt free recipe…love to prepare this for lunch box..
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Thanks for sending over this healthy and yummy salad.