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Healthy Lauki and Sprout Salad Recipe for Weight Loss

Ingredients    Lauki (bottle gourd): 1 (thin & firm)    Minced garlic: 1 tbsp    Olive oil: as per requirement    Sea salt, regular salt and pepper: to taste    Sprouted moong: 1 cup    Finely chopped onions: ½ cup    Finely chopped tomatoes: ½ cup    Finely chopped coriander: 2 tbsps    Finely chopped mint: 1 tbsp   Jeera powder: 2 tsp   Amchur powder: 1 tsp   Chaat masala: 1 tsp   Lemon juice: 2 tsps

Peel the lauki, cut into 3cm thick cylinders.

Boil water in pot and cook the lauki cylinders in it for 10 to 15 minutes or till tender.

Remove once done; let it get slightly cooled, scoop out the center and add it to a bowl.

Remove once done; let it get slightly cooled, scoop out the center and add it to a bowl.

Now make a marinade with olive oil, chopped garlic, sea salt, crushed black pepper and apply on the boiled scooped lauki cylinders.

Place them on the oven tray and roast for 12 to 15 minutes in a preheated oven at 180 degree.

Let them roast till they get a nice golden colour. Once done remove from the oven and keep aside.

Simultaneously , boil the sprouted moong in the same water that was used for boiling the lauki cylinders. In about 2 minutes they should be done.

Add them to the bowl in which the scooped out lauki was added. Now add the chopped onions, tomatoes, coriander, mint, and season with jeera powder, amchur powder, chaat masala, salt and lemon juice. Mix well.

With the help of a spoon, fill this salad mixture in the scooped roasted lauki. Garnish with coriander leaves. Serve immediately.

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