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.
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.
- This salad dressing can be used with any salad.
- Take out the vinegar and use this dressing with fresh fruit, adding chopped mint leaves.
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!
Ana
October 19, 2015 at 12:34 pmCan the cabbage be chopped a day in advance and kept refrigerated? What about the other veggies ?
Manjula Jain
October 19, 2015 at 4:21 pmAna, Yes you can chopped cabbage day before,
bristol plasterers
April 30, 2015 at 11:46 pmWow this sounds really nice. gonna give this a go. Thanks for sharing.
Simon
sharry
September 4, 2013 at 11:28 amlovely 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 pmAll recipes are very good.
Ananya
June 27, 2012 at 8:20 amshouldn’t we also cook chana dal as it might taste raw in the salad
Vani
February 6, 2014 at 3:44 pmSoaked Chana dal tastes good in salad. You don’t need to cook it 🙂
palak bhanawat
December 10, 2011 at 4:44 pmaunty,
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 amaunty ji ko chana dal ka english nahi aata kya
Rhonda
September 17, 2011 at 2:33 pmHello, 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 amRhonda,
Every Indian grocery store carries the chana dal.
Rashmi
July 20, 2011 at 11:21 amHi 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 pmThis 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 amvery good salad . my family members love it
Srividhya
May 10, 2010 at 4:29 amWonderful recipe. LOVE THE SALAD. Thanks a lot Aunty
Neha
March 31, 2010 at 5:44 pmThank 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 pmThank 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 amA 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 pmHi
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 amTHANK U MANJULA AUNTY !!!!!
kira
July 14, 2009 at 6:32 pmThank 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 amThank you Manjula !!!
Nancy
June 17, 2009 at 3:03 pmOh 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 amdear manjulaben, this is an amazing recipe…please come with some more salad recipes…it would be great…
Himani
May 4, 2009 at 7:13 amplease come with more salad recipies..
Himani
May 4, 2009 at 7:13 amwow… the salad looks so yummy and nutrious..I will prepare it soon..
Babita
April 16, 2009 at 3:41 amIts 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 pmthis 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 pmThis 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 pmhello 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 amdear 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 pmHi 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 amManjula,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 amhi,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 pmI 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 pmThis is amazingly good!
Love it, as does the family.
More salads, please!
Mingle
May 29, 2008 at 11:41 amGreat salad recipe. Really healthy since there are so many raw veggies. It looks pretty colourful & appetizing too.
Shah
May 28, 2008 at 6:07 amHow to make batata wadas ?
SK Sharma
May 22, 2008 at 6:59 amSimple 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 amexcellent website manjula! the recipes are delicious!
victoria
May 12, 2008 at 6:53 amThis looks really delicious! It’s a great salad for summer and to take camping. Thanks!