Description
A delicious mung bean salad packed full of flavour and high in protein and dietary fibre. This is an easy, healthy and delicious salad. Great for lunch or dinner and especially perfect during summer!
Ingredients
Scale
- 3/4 cup (150 grams) bulgur wheat
- 1/2 cup (120 grams) dried mung beans, rinsed
- 1/4 cups (25 grams) walnuts, chopped
- 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 3 tbsp pomegranate molasses
- 1 tsp sumac
- 1 tsp pul biber
- 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 red bell pepper, thinly sliced
- 1/4 cucumber, core removed and thinly sliced
- 2 tomatoes, chopped
- 1/4 cup (15 grams) fresh parsley, roughly chopped
- 6 olives, roughly chopped
- 3 spring onions, finely chopped
- 3 tbsp pomegranate seeds
Instructions
- In a pot, over medium heat, add water and bring to a boil. Once the water boils, add the rinsed mung beans to the pot and cover with a lid. Allow to cook for 15-20 minutes, until the mung beans are cooked through but not falling apart. You still want the beans to have some bite.
- Place a pan on medium heat and add 300 ml of water. Cover and bring to a boil. When the water boils, add the bulgur wheat to the pan, give it a stir and cover with a lid. Reduce heat to low and allow to cook through for about 10 minutes.
- To a large bowl, add walnuts, extra virgin olive oil, pomegranate molasses, sumac, half of the pul biber, 1/3 of the garlic and salt. Give it a good stir and let it sit while you work on the next step.
- Place a non-stick frying pan over medium heat and add 1 tbsp of olive oil. Add the red bell pepper to the pan together with 2/3 of the garlic and half of the pul biber. Sauté for 5 minutes. Remove from heat. Add the mixture from the pan to the bowl and give it a good stir.
- Add the cooked bulgur wheat and mung beans and all of the other remaining ingredients to the mixture and mix thoroughly.
- Ready to serve!
Notes
Nutritional facts are estimates. If you want to be sure about the nutritional facts, be sure to check your product labels.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 30
- Category: Dinner, Lunch, Main Course, Salad
- Cuisine: Middle-Eastern, Turkish
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 757kcal
- Sodium: 1,6g
- Fat: 27,6g
- Saturated Fat: 3,8g
- Carbohydrates: 92g
- Fiber: 20,7g
- Protein: 25,2g