Quinoa Lentil Salad Recipe: A healthy salad made with superfoods like quinoa, asparagus, lentils and pomegranate. Drizzle some tangy mosambi juice and mustard dressing to balance the flavours.
Ingredients of Quinoa Lentil Salad
1 Cup Quinoa
2-3 Baby carrots
Broccoli
Asparagus
Cauliflower
1 Cup Lentils
1 Cup Pomegranate
2 Spring onions
Coriander
For the dressing:
1 Mosambi (juiced)
1 tsp Mustard
2 Tbsp Olive oil
Lemon grass
1/2 Green chilli, chopped
4-6 Basil leaves
How to Make Quinoa Lentil Salad
1.Add salt to boiling water and par-blanch the vegetables for almost 45 seconds.
2.Shift them in a bowl with ice water. Add soaked quinoa to a bowl.
3.Then add lentils, pomegranate seeds to it.
4.Chopped spring onions to it and coriander, mix them well.
5.Add the blanched vegetables to the lentil and quinoa mix.
Prepare the dressing:
1.Take fresh mosambi juice and add mustard, lemon grass, chopped green chilli, basil leaves and some olive oil to it. Mix it well with the salad.
2.Plate up the salad and garnish it with some sunflower sprouts.
Key Ingredients: Quinoa, Baby carrots, Broccoli, Asparagus, Cauliflower, Lentils, Pomegranate, Spring onions, Coriander, For the dressing:, Mosambi (juiced), Mustard, Olive oil, Lemon grass, Green chilli, Basil leaves
