Home » Food and Drink » Recipes for Veggies » Healthy salads Salads are a nutritious addition to food. They can be made in many ways, some with vegetables, sprouts, steamed vegetables or fruits. Since vegetables and fruits are high in fibre content, it is better that a healthy meal is accompanied with salads. A variety of salads can be made. Pomegranate is a nutritious fruit. Here are a few low- calorie recipes. Enjoy making them and savour for a healthy you.

CUCUMBER KOSUMALLI
Ingredients:
Chopped Cucumber - 2 cups,
Cumin Seeds - 1 tsp.,
Groundnut - 1/4 cup,
Chopped Green Chillies - 3 nos.,
Lemon Juice - 3 tsp.,
Salt & Sugar - To taste,
Coriander leaves - For garnishing.

Procedure:
Add crushed cumin seeds, powdered groundnut, green chilly, lemon juice, sugar and salt to finely chopped cucumber and mix well. Garnishes with chopped coriander leaves and serve chilled.Nos.,
Garlic - 10 flakes,
Onion - 1,
Salt - To taste

GRAM SPROUT-POMEGRANATE SALAD
Ingredients.
Green gram -1 Cup.
Pomegranate seeds - Â3/4 Cup.
Cucumber (Small sized) - 1 No.
Carrot (Small sized) - 1 No.
Mint Leaves - Few.
Coriander Leaves - Few.
Salt - To taste.
Lemon Juice - 1 Tbsp.

Procedure:
Soak green gram overnight and drain excess water, the next day morning. After draining, transfer it to a casserole and leave for a day for the green gram to sprout. Keep tossing the green gram once a while.
Peel the cucumber and carrot. Chop the cucumber finely and grate the carrot. Drop all the ingredients, namely sprouts, chopped cucumber, grated carrot mint leaves, coriander leaves, lime juice, pomegranate seeds and salt, in a broad container and mix well and serve.