Kidney beans are nutrient dense food, it is high in amino acids and easily digestible. If you are a vegetarian, kidney beans can complete your regular protein requirement in a healthy way. In fact, dried beans contain twice the amount of folate as compared to regular kidney beans.
Boiled kidney beans contain essential nutrients like zinc, iron, magnesium, fiber, antioxidants etc. It helps in the overall development of growing kids.Preparing kidney bean salad is super easy, all you need is a few ingredients to get started.
Kidney Bean Salad – Healthy Toddler Snack Recipe
Ingredients
- Kidney Beans -1 Cup (soaked overnight and boiled)
- Onion -1 nos (finely chopped)
- Tomato – 1 nos (finely chopped)
- Coriander leaves – 1 teaspoon (finely chopped)
- Carrots – 1 teaspoon (grated)
- Pepper Powder – 1 teaspoon
- Jeera Powder -1 teaspoon
- Butter -2 spoons
- Salt to taste
Method To Prepare
- Soak the kidney beans for 8-10 hours, I prefer soaking them overnight with ½ teaspoon salt.
- Pressure cook the soaked kidney beans with 2 cups of water for 4-5 high whistles.
- Allow the pressure to release and wash the cooked kidney bean with cold water. Press the kidney bean to check whether they are boiled well or not.
- It is better to discard the leftover water of boiled kidney bean as it contains a toxin which can harm the tummy.
- Turn on the flame, take a pan, add butter and boiled kidney bean . Give it a quick stir for 1-2 minutes. You can also skip this step.
- Take a mixing bowl, add the cooked kidney beans, onion, tomato, carrots, pepper powder, jeera powder, salt, and coriander leaves. Give everything a quick mix.
- Serve yummy kidney bean salad with some fresh fruits. It can instantly turn into a healthy and tasty wholesome snacks.
Tips
- I prefer soaking the kidney bean overnight, you can also soak them for 4-5 hours in hot water if you are running out of time.
- You can include fresh veggies of your choice to prepare the kidney bean salad.
- Tossing the boiled kidney beans in butter is totally optional, you can skip this step
Earnestly I loved your simple recipe buddy, Iused to make chana chaat like this bit now will try this salad too.
This looks so yummy! Because i enjoy having salads. ? I feel like having this for myself but not before i share this with my aunt for her lil one!
Raja salad is one of our frequent salad in our home. Equally loved by my child
This looks so delicious, yumm and healthy.. I too make something similar actually but it has a few more added ingredients.. Very nutritious ??
Wow This is an easy and quick recipe I will try for my little ones ..hope they will like it!! Thanks for sharing this
My daughter loves to eat kidney beans. I often cook this for our family. I agree, this is the healthy tiffin idea too.
It so easy to make and healthy too. My kids love kidney Bean
Kidney beans and bananas are both power packed foods. Good for unstoppable toddlers!
I liked how tasty and simple this salad is and perfect for tiffin too.I need to try making it now
I liked this salad recipe. I love kidney beans as they’re very healthy. Will try this out soon.
Truly loved this recipe of Rajma salad. I will try it for sure and it looks that it tasted yummy.
Wow! I love this healthy snack idea, shall try this week in my kids snack box.
This is a quick and healthy recipe for kids to have. I would recommend this to my bhabhi for my nephew
wow its so apt for the toddlers. Thanks for sharing this. My kido loves eating bananas.
My son loves rajma or kidney beans. I am sure he would like this salad. It would definitely make a good snack dabba
wow this is pretty cool. I will try this for my son, He isn’t quite a fan of salads though
This is really healthy and nutritious for kids. I am going to try this soon for sure.