POMEGRANATE - DATES SALAD, how to make a healthy salad out of Pomegranates and Dates

Pomegranate........
*Maintains your blood sugar levels and blood pressure.
* Reduces risk of Cancer
*Treats diarrhoea and dysentery
*Boosts immunity, prevents anemia
*Helps Cartilage regeneration
*Beneficial during pre-natal care
*Is an excellent anti-ageing agent
*Heals scars, improves skin texture
*Prevents skin cancer and hair fall

Dates......
Relieves Constipation, aids in weight loss, promotes heart health, rich in Iron, reduces blood pressure, promotes respiratory and digestive health, prevents arthritis and keeps Colon Cancer at bay.
Combine these two rich fruit and dry fruit along with Carrots and black-eyed chick peas, and make a healthy salad, which is a meal by itself.
I tasted this wonderful, yummy Salad in an upscale restaurant , and made few modifications to the recipe.

Ingredients

Pomegranate arils - 1/2 cup

Pressure cooked black eyed chick peas/Karamani - 1/2 cup

Grated Carrots - 1/2 cup

Dates - 7-8, chopped

Green chilli - 1, chopped

Lemon juice - 1 tbsp

Mint leaves - 7-8, finely chopped

Salt to taste

Recipe Cuisine: International/Indian; Category: Lunch/Dinner

Prep time: 10 mts; Cooking time: Nil

Serves 2

Pomegranate, Grated carrots and Karamani/black eyed chick peas taken in a bowl

Seedless dates

Finely chopped and added, salt also added

Chopped mint added

Lemon juice goes in

all mixed well

and served

This post first appeared in www.malpatskitchen.com

Notes

*Green chilli can be slit and added too. Or skipped.

*Fresh pepper powder can be added too, but take care to add very little, since it might be over powering, if you add too much

Categories: Healthy Cooking, International cuisine, Soups- Sandwiches-Salads