This is a simple salad recipe that became a big hit in my
family.
Green leafy salad had bored them too much that I had
decided to introduce them another type of salad ingredients
with a different approach.
Beans and carrots make a delicious, crunchy salad that is
both healthy and nutritious.
You should try this new found recipe of mine, Beans with
Carrots that is easy to prepare and you can have it any time
of the day, morning, teatime snack or midnight snacking.
In this recipe, I had included :
l Kidney beans
l Chickpeas
l Carrots
You could use raw beans or simply follow my “cheat way”,
open up a can of kidney beans and chickpeas for a quick
meal.
However, do not use the brine in the can.
Discard it as the water content is not healthy and may have
preservative content in it.
Indeed, raw beans are better and healthy option , provided
you have ample time to boil them down in a slow cooker
from morning to night.
Just briefly wash the kidney beans and chick peas, boil them
in a soup pot separately for 2 hours under low fire.
Alternatively, you could use the slow cooker to simmer them
from morning to night under “Low” speed.
By night, these beans should produce soft and chewy
texture, ,just perfect for a salad snack.
Believe me, these beans from the tins are simply
WONDERFUL!!
Beans and Carrot Salad
Ingredients:
1/2 can of kidney beans-drained
1/2 can kidney beans-drained
1 /2 red onion- finely chopped
1 small carrot, peeled and sliced
1 stalk spring onion-chopped
1 clove garlic- minced
1 tsp ginger juice
1/2 tsp soy sauce
1/2 tsp fish sauce
A little apple cider vinegar
A little water
Method:
In a small bowl, combine ginger juice, fish sauce, soy sauce, vinegar and water. Set aside.
Heat up a frying pan with 1 tbs of olive oil.
Lightly brown garlic, onion and sliced carrots for 1 minute.
Add in kidney beans and chickpeas.
Simmer for a few minutes
Pour in the sauces and stir fry until all ingredients well
combined.
This is supposed to be a dry recipe because it is a salad.
Dish up and chilled for 20 minutes.
Sprinkle with chopped spring onion before serving.
Yield: 2-3 persons
Here are the benefits of those 3 main ingredients:
Carrots
Carrots are extremely high in Vitamin A and beta carotene
which helped to improve your eye vision and able to see in
the dark like a cat!
Chickpeas
Chickpeas are known for its protein, iron, vitamin B ,
carbohydrate and potassium.
They are also known as “garbanzo beans or Bengal Gram”
which belonged to the legume family.
Chickpeas help to lower your cholesterol levels.
Chickpeas help to bring diabetic patients blood sugar level
under control.
Chickpeas are soluble and insoluble diet fiber.
They are alike the chives ( from garlic plant).
They help to roll together cholesterol in digestive tract and
bring it out of your colon through the Transverse Colon,
that turned into waste.
Kidney Beans
These dark red beans that have the shape alike kidneys are
excellent source of protein, fibre and zinc.
Kidney beans help to reduce constipation with the amount of
fibre that aid in increasing the stool bulk into soft texture.
Kidney beans are help to stabilize the blood sugar level for
diabetic and produce sufficient insulin in the pancreas.
Alike chickpeas, kidney beans prevent high cholesterol
levels and are ideal for weight watchers.
Both chickpeas and kidney beans are perfect source of
carbohydrate that makes a nutritious, healthy meal to
replace white rice.
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That sounds delicious! I have a similar salad that I love. It has added pinto or Romano beans, and the crunch comes from red peppers and sometimes green onion. I also add feta cheese for the saltiness. But I think maybe next time I will try leaving it out, and use your sauce instead. I love ginger so much!
That is a lot of information that you have for us specially about chickpeas. I had some inkling about this and now it is confirmed. I have never thought of adding boiled beans with any salad. Must try this one.
@ruby3881/
thanks for your share! I would add in those beans you had mentioned. Yes, ginger is good for our tummy, get rid of winds and warm it up. Indeed it is a delicious salad, I tried it a few times a week but kids said, Hey mom , hold your horses !, LOL!
@bestwriter/
chickpeas are popular in Asian countries, I love the soft chewy texture but rare to be found in restaurants. You can find them as snacks in night market.
Hot warm steamed chickpeas!!
@peachpurple, wow, I am so hungry now. The picture of your food looks so tasty and yummy. I will try to cook this kind of beans withe the recipes together.Your husband surely love you more and more because you are a very good cook hehe.
It is tasty in eating and looks good i wanna eat it just now but it is inanimate not real but I will try to make it at home. But I will it thsue as I stat under...
Directions
In a small saucepan, cook carrots in a small amount of boiling water for 4 minutes. Add the beans; cook 4-5 minutes longer or until vegetables are crisp-tender. Drain; chill in ice water. ...
In a small bowl, whisk the lemon juice, oil, sugar, mustard, garlic, salt and cumin. Pour over bean mixture; toss to coat.
ngredients:
3 tablespoons apple cider vinegar or rice vinegar
1 tablespoon low-sodium tamari
1 teaspoon mustard, preferably German
1 tablespoon sesame tahini
2 1/2 cup cooked and drained no-salt-added garbanzo or cannellini beans
1/2 cup thinly sliced green onions
1/2 cup grated carrots
1/2 bunch parsley, chopped
Method:
Whisk together vinegar, tamari, mustard, tahini and 3 tablespoons water in a medium bowl. Add beans, green onions, carrots and parsley, toss to combine and set aside at room temperature to let marinate for at least 15 minutes before serving.
Make and enjoy I am eating just now at home while writing the article.