Pink powered puffed rice salad
A twist on the beloved Indian street food , with more color and nutrition. Another kid favorite in my book.
Ingredients
- 3 cups puffed rice can try with puffed millet as well
- 1 cup grated beetroot
- 1/2 cup grated carrot
- 1/4 cup finely chopped red onion
- 2 finely chopped green chili can use 1 tsp red chili powder instead
- 1/4 cup frozen corn
- 1/4 cup cilantro finely chopped
- 1/2 avocado( cut 1/4 into cubes and 1/4 into thin slices)
- 2-3 Tbsp chia seeds
- 2-3 Tbsp hemp hearts
- 1-2 Tbsp ground flax
- 12-15 dry roasted cashews or any nuts of your choice
- 2 squeezed lime
- 1 Tbsp salt
- 1/4 cup shredded green mango- optional
- 1 cup finely chopped green papaya - optional you can use firm orange papaya as well
Instructions
- Get your ingredients ready. Do the cutting, grating parts and take your veggies into a plate.
- Dry roast the puffed rice for 4-5 min, till they are crunchy and put them aside.
- In another skillet on medium heat, add few table spoons of water, and once hot, add the beetroot, green papaya (if using), frozen corn. Saute for 4-5 min till the raw aroma disappears.
- Now take a wide big bowl, add the toasted puffed rice. Next add the onions, green chilies, cilantro, carrot, mango shredded. Mix well. Then add the sautéed beetroot mixture.
- Add the chia, hemp, flax and dry roasted nuts. Mix well with a spatula. The amount of chia, hemp, flax depends on how new are you to these ingredients. Chia and flax have lot of fiber in them, so if you are not normally used to these ingredients, go slow and add about 1 Tbsp of each.
- Now add salt. If more spice is needed, can add some red chili powder as well at this stage.
- Add the avocado cubes, and mix gently or by tossing. Squeeze the lime juice, to your taste buds content. Toss again.
- Serve in paper cones, with avocado slices on top.
Notes
If you don't have have green papaya, it's ok to skip it. You can add shredded sauteed lauki as well.
Want to be more creative, add cooked beans- be it black eyed peas, or kidney beans or black beans.
You can use puffed millet instead of puffed rice.