BARAGU VEGETABLE SALAD
Our life styles have drastically changed in recent years and it is becoming more and more difficult to make a healthy and balanced diet on a daily basis. Many prefer to eat a quick snack in the morning rush neglecting their health and dietary needs. Mixed vegetable salad with fresh vegetables, fruits, beans, nuts and seeds makes a nutritious one bowl meal which can be fixed quickly. Addition of Millets makes the salad a wholesome, nutritious and delicious meal in itself.
INGREDIENTS
Proso millet/Baragu/Pani varagu - 1/4 cup
Mixed vegetables (chopped) - 2 cups
(I have used cucumber, onion, tomatoes, radish, capsicum and apple)
Peanuts (boiled) - 2 tbsps
Moong beans (soaked) - 2 tbsps
Sesame seeds (Roasted) - 1 tbsp
Coriander leaves(Chopped)
Olive oil - 2 tbsps
Salt - 1/4 tsp
Powdered jaggery - 1/4 tsp
Pepper powder - 1 pinch
Lime - 1/2
METHOD
1.Wash and drain Proso millet.
2. Cook the millet with 1 cup of water adding a pinch of salt and 1/4 tsp of olive oil on low flame.
3. Cool the cooked millet and fluff it up.
4. Gently combine the chopped vegetables, moong beans, boiled peanuts and the cooked millet together.
5. Whisk together the remaining olive oil, salt, powdered jaggery, pepper powder and the juice of lime.
6. Pour it on the salad and shake well until it blends well.
7. Garnish with roasted sesame seeds and chopped coriander leaves.
Enjoy the Baragu Vegetable Salad at any time of the day!
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