Today I am going to share a very healthy
and diet friendly recipe – Kollu/Horsegram salad. It is important and necessary
for all diabetic patients to reduce the amount of carbohydrate intake, especially
in the night and this protein packed salad is an excellent solution for the
same. There’s an old saying “கொழுத்தவனுக்கு
கொள்ளு, இளைத்தவனுக்கு
எள்ளு” – which means if your fat eat horse gram and if your
thin eat sesame seeds. Horsegram/kollu
is normally used to feed horses, but used in cooking as well. Now coming to the
recipes of Kollu/horsegram - is one type
of bean that is used very little in cooking. But in TamilNadu, kollu is used to
make Kollu idli podi, Kollu Salad , kollu sundal, Kollu Thuvaiyal, Kollu Rasam etc. Horsegram
has numerous health benefits, rich in proteins (20%), high in fibre, low in
calories, easy to digest and keeps us full for a long time. It is also
prescribed to persons suffering from jaundice or water retention and as part of
a weight loss diet. And now coming to the recipe, it is a very easy and quick
fix salad can be made in less than 10 minutes. Also check out other interesting and healthy Salad varieties here.
Here’s how to
make Horsegram Salad/Kollu salad…
