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Healthy Mung Sprout Salad with 5 Minute Asian Dressing

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A healthy and delicious salad bowl packed with protein and zesty asian flavors! (vegan, gluten-free). Perfect for a weeknight dinner or a quick lunch. You will love the flavors.

Anvita

Anvita

Yayyyy! It’s officially spring. Although it’s still on the cooler side it’s great to see some color finally.In greengrocers’ and farmers’ markets, signs of spring are all around. The cherry blossom tress are in full bloom, atleast here in NC. Gardens are blooming with colorful tulips, hyacinths and & daffodils and finally the kids are outdoors in the evenings. It’s that time of the year when we are going to be out an about. I don’t know about you but as far as my family goes, we like to spend more time outdoors than indoors. Oh!!! You too.!!! Same pinch. So what that translates to is that, I spend less time in the kitchen and more quality time with my family. So you will see a lot more of quick and easy recipes in my upcoming posts.moong salad with indo chinese sauce

During spring I like the transition from warm foods to cooler foods that are much lighter but yet loaded with flavors. Thus today’s pick is healthy mung sprout salad with the 5 Minute Asian Dressing. Those of you who read this blog regularly, you will know about it as I posted the dressing recipe a couple weeks ago. If you don’t know what I am talking about, I ask you to check it out now!!! Trust me you will instantly fall in love with it’s flavors and it’s ease of preparation.moong salad with inco chinese sauce

The other day I had some left over mung sprouts, because I tend to make use of mung very often in my cooking. During spring and summer as it’s warmer I like to sprout the beans. To read more about why sprouting is good for us, check out one of my earlier posts Pineapple Mung Salad. Sprouting is a great way to incorporate raw food into your diet and it also aids in easily digesting the nutrients.moong salad with indo chinese sauce

It was one of those days where I was glued onto my laptop working on a blog post, editing pictures, writing the post it self, scheduling it for promotion on social media and a few more blog related activities. I was jut having a super busy day. So much for running a health food blog that there are times if I have failed to plan the meals, I have to come up with something super quick(read 5 minutes or less) as I get super hungry hangry. So I go down to the kitchen to see what can I come up with and I landed up tossing this salad which actually turned out be an absolute delight. It’s full of refreshing flavors from the dressing and varied textures. Ofcourse it has a health quotient to it and that is why I think you must try this salad. Well for me I had some left over Mung sprouts, however you could intentionally sprout the Mung beans or use the left overs to make this salad.

moong salad with indo chinese sauce

If you are a salad person like me and like to enjoy something light & refreshing, here is a list of some of my favorite salads from the blog.

So are you excited that it’s finally spring? I would love to know what kind of meals do you cook during spring time? Drop in your comments below.

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Healthy Mung Sprout Salad with 5 Minute Asian Dressing

Healthy Mung Sprout Salad with 5 Minute Asian Dressing

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup sprouted mung / moong
  • 1/4 cup carrots, shredded
  • 1/4 cup cucumbers, shredded
  • 1/2 cup lettuce, chopped
  • 6 leaves of basil
  • 6 cilantro stems
  • 2 tbsp 5 minute asian dressing

Instructions

    Sprouting Mung
  1. Soak the moong beans overnight. Make sure the container has extra water after the mung beans are immersed, as the beans will soak up a lot of water.
  2. The next morning drain the water and wrap them in a tight muslin cloth.
  3. Keep the beans wrapped in a warm place like the oven for a couple days until the beans have sprouted.
  4. Depending on the texture you like crunchy or a little soft you cna either use them as is or give the sprouts a boil to make them a little soft.
    5. Salad Preperation
  5. Wash all the ingredients thoroughly.
  6. Shred or chop the veggies as per your preference.
  7. Mix all the ingredients together.
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  1. Anvita

    Cathy, this proportion serves upto 2 people. Based on this you can calculate for the number of people you want to carry it for. Also i recommend carry some extra dressing as some people might like extra dressing. When i make it for parties, i keepthe dressing on the side too. Hope that helps. Let me know how did it go.

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  2. Cathy

    Looks delicious. I’m thinking about taking this salad to a potluck. However, the recipe doesn’t say how many servings it is? Total of about 1 1/2 cups of ingredients without the dressing. So, maybe one serving–or maximum two?

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  3. valmg

    Hubby is the salad fan in our house. I’ve never heard of mung sprout. It looks sort of like the bean sprouts one Chinese restaurant near us uses in their rice (which is the reason we don’t get their rice). Are they the same thing?

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  7. Natalie Knezic

    Spring means lighter dishes in my house too and salads are just perfect easy meals! I love sprouts, but I never tried growing them although I thought about it lately a lot. I’ll check out your post about it, definitely. This salad looks absolutely delicious. Like spring in a bowl, so colorful :) Can’t wait to try it … and that Asian dressing too.

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  8. Molly Kumar

    The salad looks so yummy, fresh and that asian dressing sounds fabulous with it. I would totally eat salad everyday if they looked this pretty n yum ;)

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  9. Byron Thomas

    Beautiful, simple, rustic – yet, elegant. I love a simple salad like this that’s uncomplicated by unnatural ingredients. You’ve outdone yourself on this one!

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  12. Ana Ojha

    This Spring salad looks incredibly delicious and perfect recipe for the Spring! Thanks for sharing the recipe with us!

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  13. Swathi Iyer

    Looks delicious salad with sprout mung dal. I need to try your Asian dressing. I usually make cooked version. This one sound more healthy.

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  14. Valerie CottageMakingMommy

    I love sprouts but have never tried a mung bean sprout but I bet it’s good. Any asian dressing is good to me.

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  18. Heather

    This looks wonderful! I’d love to get out of my comfort zone in the kitchen and try something new. Thanks for a great recipe to add to this week’s meal plan!

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  19. Amy Desrosiers

    We love mung bean sprouts in our fried rice. Now, since we are eating healthier, I would love to try them in this salad.

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  21. Lydia

    I love mung sprouts! This salad looks delicious, I’ll have to try it out. Anything with asian dressing is perfect for a side!

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  24. Stephanie Sain

    I’m really getting into salads a lot more now that it’s Spring as well. Love how quick and easy this sounds. Can’t wait to try this one :)

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  25. David E

    I’m not sure that I would be into the mung salad but the Asian dressing looks like it’s something I would have to try. Thanks for sharing the recipe.

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  28. Theresa

    This recipe looks healthy and simple to make. We are trying to eat healthier, and this recipe would fit in our diet well.

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  37. Veena

    That look so healthy and nutritious. I love mung salad, but hardly make it. Must make some soon and your dressing sounds perfect.

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  40. Milica Radoncic Ex Momcilovic

    To be honest I was never a salad person but all of these look awesome. My husband would love them all!

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  41. Divya

    This LOOKS so cleansing and detox-friendly. But it also looks really appetizing and delicious! I don’t usually add sprouts in my salad, but there are so many benefits!

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  42. Marlynn | UrbanBlissLife

    So jealous the cherry blossoms have already bloomed there! I think ours will likely bloom in early April. This salad looks so beautiful – I love vibrant, colorful salads. The dressing sounds delicious, and so easy to make, too. Yum!

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  43. Karen Yannacio Morse

    This looks so perfect for a healthy spring-time meal! I also love the protein in this, as I’m trying to be better about more protein in my diet!

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  51. Michelle Leslie

    That sounds absolutely delicious Anvita. There’s nothing as refreshing as a salad filled with yummy goodness and I can’t wait to try out your Asian dressing. Pinned to try this weekend

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  52. Kevin

    Looks like an enticing recipe! Can’t wait to try this. I’m sure the rest of the family will love it! Thank you so much for sharing!

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