Avocado Lentil Salad

Avocado Lentil Salad is a tasteful accompaniment that brings in the best flavours of lentils as well as fresh greens. It can be eaten as it is as well! Here is how to make it.

Avocado, with all its packed nutrients, always inspires me to use it often and eat it whenever I can! In my household, I follow this rule of making the most of the Avocados by either making salads or salsa.

Chickpea, Avocado and Feta Salad is mostly made as an accompaniment whereas Avocado and Peach Salsa is prepared out of my love for stone fruits every season. But, when I recently relished Avocado Lentil Salad at a food festival, my taste buds literally pleaded me to try it from scratch!

Made from Masoor and ripe Avocados, Avocado Lentil Salad can be granted a more soothing flavour by an addition of fresh greens and orange wedges. As I always believe in eating salads with my meals, I feel they can be made healthy as well as delicious by tossing them along with a proper dressing.

That's why for Avocado Lentil Salad, I made sure to use a refreshing dressing as well. Just a pinch of orange zest, a dash of lemon juice, virgin olive oil, orange juice and some freshly cracked black pepper, was all I needed to make the dressing for Avocado Lentil Salad.

As you all know, just like Avocado, lentils are full of potassium, zinc, calcium and vitamin K. Moreover, lentils are even rich with dietary fiber, lean protein, and iron. Therefore, Avocado Lentil Salad turned out to be a really win-win dish for me!

If you are worried about finding Avocado then let me tell you it is easily available in most of the supermarkets these days. And, lentils and avocado taste superb together as well. So, get going and prepare Avocado Lentil Salad soon.

 

How to make Avocado Lentil Salad Step by Step

Avocado Lentil Salad Recipe

Avocado Lentil Salad

Avocado Lentil Salad is a tasteful accompaniment that brings in the best flavours of lentils as well as fresh greens. It can be eaten as it is as well!

 Course Salad

 Cuisine Continental

 Prep Time 10 minutes

 Cook Time 20 minutes

 Total Time 30 minutes

 Servings  people

 Calories 498 kcal

 Author Neha Mathur

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Ingredients

• 1/2 cup Masoor Dal / Red Gram
• 1 Ripe Avocado Peeled and Cubed
• 1 cup Salad greens I used lettuce
• 1 Orange Cut into wedges

For the dressing

• 2 tbsp Extra virgin olive oil
• 2 tbsp Orange juice
• 1 tbsp Lemon juice
• 1 tsp Orange zest
• Salt to taste
• 1/4 tsp Freshly cracked black pepper

Instructions

1. Wash the lentil and add it in a pressure cooker along with some salt and 1 cup of water.
2. Pressure cook until the lentil is done.
3. Drain the lentil and let it cool.
4. Add cooked lentil in a bowl along with avocado, salad greens and orange in a bowl and mix.
5. Add all the ingredients for dressing in a bowl and mix well.
6. Pour the dressing over the salad and mix gently.
7. Serve immediately.

Nutrition Facts

Avocado Lentil Salad

Amount Per Serving

Calories 498Calories from Fat 261

% Daily Value*

Fat 29g45%

Saturated Fat 4g25%

Sodium 15mg1%

Potassium 1132mg32%

Carbohydrates 48g16%

Fiber 22g92%

Sugar 9g10%

Protein 15g30%

Vitamin A 555IU11%

Vitamin C 64.4mg78%

Calcium 65mg7%

Iron 4.3mg24%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.