Cabbage Chana Dal Salad

By: Manjula Jain

Serving : 4 people

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Cabbage Chana Dal Salad

Cabbage Chana Dal Salad is a healthy and refreshing colorful salad can brighten up any meal. Perfect for summer brunch or served with any meal.
Serves 4.

A bowl of Cabbage Chana Dal Salad garnished with fresh coriander

Ingredients

  • 2 cup cabbage very finely chopped
  • 2 medium tomatoes seeded and finely chopped
  • 1 cup cucumber chopped
  • 1 carrot shredded
  • 10 mint leaves minced
  • ¼ cup yellow chana dal

Salad Dressing:

  • 1 Tbsp olive oil
  • 1 Tbsp vinegar
  • 1 Tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 Tbsp ginger juice
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • ½ tsp ground black pepper

Instructions

  • Soak the chana dal for at least 2 hours in lukewarm water.
  • When ready, the dal should be soft all around.
  • Drain the water from chana dal.
  • Mix the chana dal with the chopped vegetables.
  • Mix the ingredients above together to make the salad dressing.
  • Mix the salad and dressing together and let sit for about a half hour so the salad is nicely marinated.

Notes

Variations
  • Substitute chana dal with split yellow moong dal or moong dal sprouts.
  • You can substitute the dal with boiled corn and finely chopped bell pepper.
Suggestions
  • This salad dressing can be used with any salad.
  • Take out the vinegar and use this dressing with fresh fruit, adding chopped mint leaves.

A bowl of Cabbage Chana Dal Salad garnished with fresh coriander

Cabbage Chana Dal Salad

Cabbage Chana Dal Salad is a healthy and refreshing colorful salad can brighten up any meal. Perfect for summer brunch or served with any meal.
Serves 4.
No ratings yet
Course Salad
Cuisine Indian
Servings 4 people

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cup cabbage very finely chopped
  • 2 medium tomatoes seeded and finely chopped
  • 1 cup cucumber chopped
  • 1 carrot shredded
  • 10 mint leaves minced
  • ¼ cup yellow chana dal

Salad Dressing:

  • 1 Tbsp olive oil
  • 1 Tbsp vinegar
  • 1 Tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 Tbsp ginger juice
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • ½ tsp ground black pepper

Instructions
 

  • Soak the chana dal for at least 2 hours in lukewarm water.
  • When ready, the dal should be soft all around.
  • Drain the water from chana dal.
  • Mix the chana dal with the chopped vegetables.
  • Mix the ingredients above together to make the salad dressing.
  • Mix the salad and dressing together and let sit for about a half hour so the salad is nicely marinated.

Notes

Variations
  • Substitute chana dal with split yellow moong dal or moong dal sprouts.
  • You can substitute the dal with boiled corn and finely chopped bell pepper.
Suggestions
  • This salad dressing can be used with any salad.
  • Take out the vinegar and use this dressing with fresh fruit, adding chopped mint leaves.
Keyword brunch, Cabbage, chana, Dal, Gluten Free, Moong, Refreshing, Salad, Spices, summer, Vegan
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    Ana
    October 19, 2015 at 12:34 pm

    Can the cabbage be chopped a day in advance and kept refrigerated? What about the other veggies ?

      Manjula Jain
      October 19, 2015 at 4:21 pm

      Ana, Yes you can chopped cabbage day before,

    bristol plasterers
    April 30, 2015 at 11:46 pm

    Wow this sounds really nice. gonna give this a go. Thanks for sharing.

    Simon

    sharry
    September 4, 2013 at 11:28 am

    lovely dishes
    I never knew that moong/chana daal are gluten free
    I’m going to try theses dishes
    again daals needs to be cooked before adding into vegetables
    thanks
    shary

    Mina
    September 25, 2012 at 2:45 pm

    All recipes are very good.

    Ananya
    June 27, 2012 at 8:20 am

    shouldn’t we also cook chana dal as it might taste raw in the salad

      Vani
      February 6, 2014 at 3:44 pm

      Soaked Chana dal tastes good in salad. You don’t need to cook it 🙂

    palak bhanawat
    December 10, 2011 at 4:44 pm

    aunty,
    u r simply awesome. i have tried few dishes of yours and they have turned out superb. i refer to your site very often. u have really created my interest in cooking. thanks a lot 🙂

    anky
    September 22, 2011 at 6:53 am

    aunty ji ko chana dal ka english nahi aata kya

    Rhonda
    September 17, 2011 at 2:33 pm

    Hello, What is chana dal and where can I find it?

    Thank you,

    Rhonda from Fort Worth, Texas

      Manjula Jain
      September 18, 2011 at 9:49 am

      Rhonda,
      Every Indian grocery store carries the chana dal.

    Rashmi
    July 20, 2011 at 11:21 am

    Hi Manjula Ji,

    Can I replace the cabbage with any other vegetable, as I do not eat cabbage since the time it was published in newspapers that it may have some minute insects which causes nervous disorder.

    Regards,
    Rashmi

    Cindy
    August 13, 2010 at 2:02 pm

    This was so good! I had all vegetables from the garden. I added a little chaat masala and amchoor power too.

    ayashbi
    June 9, 2010 at 7:45 am

    very good salad . my family members love it

    Srividhya
    May 10, 2010 at 4:29 am

    Wonderful recipe. LOVE THE SALAD. Thanks a lot Aunty

    Neha
    March 31, 2010 at 5:44 pm

    Thank you for sharing such an easy, yet refreshing and flavorful recipe. My family loved it and requested that I make this salad again for them.

    P.S. I used canned chickpeas in place of channa dal and cilantro leaves instead of basil, only because I did not have these ingredients available.

    Richa Sharma
    January 21, 2010 at 12:36 pm

    Thank you manjula aunty for wonderful vegetarian recpies.. I am so addicted to it that have been using it for almost all my cooking.. YOu are amazing!!!

    Trey Haston
    December 20, 2009 at 8:58 am

    A nice recpe idea you have here. I am always looking for more ideas to keep the kids entertained with and this one might just do the trick so thank you for sharing it.

    Shanti Vasu
    November 22, 2009 at 8:06 pm

    Hi

    Thank you aunty for sharing lot of good healthy receipes. This receipe sounds too good . Would like to try it today itself.

    lavina
    July 23, 2009 at 6:11 am

    THANK U MANJULA AUNTY !!!!!

    kira
    July 14, 2009 at 6:32 pm

    Thank you so much for this and all the other vegetarian/vegan receipes. Your cooking is a treasure. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. All the very best to you!

    Louis David
    June 26, 2009 at 11:37 am

    Thank you Manjula !!!

    Nancy
    June 17, 2009 at 3:03 pm

    Oh my, is this salad good!!! The way the flavors mix with the wonderful dressing is extremely tasty, even better the next day. The only thing I did different was use red lentils because that is what I had in my pantry. I am going to make a big batch of this salad for our upcoming block party!

    Ami
    June 16, 2009 at 11:26 am

    dear manjulaben, this is an amazing recipe…please come with some more salad recipes…it would be great…

    Himani
    May 4, 2009 at 7:13 am

    please come with more salad recipies..

    Himani
    May 4, 2009 at 7:13 am

    wow… the salad looks so yummy and nutrious..I will prepare it soon..

    Babita
    April 16, 2009 at 3:41 am

    Its really fantastic style to eat green vegetables in form of salad.

    Its nice to see your recipes and to prepare in our meals. Please provide us a recipe of Dal Bati and Dal Puri.

    Regards,

    Babita

    angel
    December 21, 2008 at 3:37 pm

    this salad looks fantastic, this will be one for over the xmas period, thank you so much
    angel. xx

    Sandy Levin
    November 30, 2008 at 9:11 pm

    This was the perfect salad served as a bed under roasted salmon with a yogurt dressing made with lime juice, salt, ginger, coriander, cumin, cinnamon, red pepper and fresh cilantro. Served with Manjula’s Green Beans and Peas vegetable side dish made the dinner a complete success. One minor change in the green bean recipe, I used fresh green beens and sweet peas instead of frozen.

    Nita
    November 25, 2008 at 3:53 pm

    hello manjulaben, i am really impressed with your mouthwatring receipe. you make it very easy with live vidieo. it attrack me a lot to see everday. easy for everyone. thanks a lot.

    latha
    November 23, 2008 at 10:46 am

    dear manjula mam,
    i love to watch all your recipes and preparation.its is really useful . can u please help me with vada curry recipe. it is madrasi food.

    IZIT
    September 18, 2008 at 1:40 pm

    🙂 Thank you

    Manjula Jain
    September 18, 2008 at 12:21 pm

    Hi Izit,
    chana dal is different then chick peas, it will be interesting do try it. I t should work fine.

    IZIT
    September 18, 2008 at 10:38 am

    Manjula,thank you for your lovely recipes,
    I am a bulgarian and have been to India twice and i am in love with indian cusine and im really happy that i can cook now this foor at home 🙂
    Its great!
    Please manjula tell me,for this salad cant we simply use canned chana(chick peas)?
    It would be faster and easier

    Thanks a lot. Appreciation

    kokila karbhari
    August 19, 2008 at 10:48 am

    hi,manjulaben
    i have tried this salad recipes,its tasty and delicious…i love cooking so i can try more recipes from your website.thanks

    Jaya
    June 11, 2008 at 5:13 pm

    I boiled the chana dal for several minutes because I wanted the dal a little softer than it was after 2 hours of soaking. Suggestion: Use 1/2 teaspoon of salt to start- add more later after mixing dressing with salad if needed. I found 1 teaspoon too much for my taste. I added one small red potato that had been cooked and cut into small cubes. I also added one small green chilli finely minced. I didn’t have cucumber, but the salad worked fine without it. Bon Apetit.

    Dorian
    June 10, 2008 at 6:53 pm

    This is amazingly good!
    Love it, as does the family.

    More salads, please!

    Mingle
    May 29, 2008 at 11:41 am

    Great salad recipe. Really healthy since there are so many raw veggies. It looks pretty colourful & appetizing too.

    Shah
    May 28, 2008 at 6:07 am

    How to make batata wadas ?

    SK Sharma
    May 22, 2008 at 6:59 am

    Simple way of explaining. Looks gorgeous. A good party salad. Really nice guide for good food. Please add some continental baked dishes as health food.Also add some more varieties of salads. Thanks

    Anita
    May 20, 2008 at 8:51 am

    excellent website manjula! the recipes are delicious!

    victoria
    May 12, 2008 at 6:53 am

    This looks really delicious! It’s a great salad for summer and to take camping. Thanks!