Protein Vegetarian Salad with Soya Granules and Paneer Dressing is a high-protein salad with crunchy veggies, crispy soya granules, and a zesty and creamy dressing. It's a perfect meal prep and weight loss recipe.
Salad to lose weight
Who said salads are boring? You can make them interesting with a unique dressing, giving them a crispy crunch and adding spices to your liking. With salads like this, adding a rainbow platter to your daily diet is easy.
The soya granules (protein) are roasted until crispy with spices of your choice. The dressing is made with paneer (vegetarian protein) and cashews, which makes it rich and creamy. For the crunch, add veggies like cucumbers, carrots, etc.
Also, our popular weight loss quinoa salad, lentil salad, chickpea salad, apple slaw (no mayo), and more.
Ingredients
For paneer dressing: Use cashews, roasted garlic, dry red chilies(paprika), paneer, lemon juice, garam masala powder, and salt to taste.
For crispy soya granules: oil, cumin seeds, curry leaves, salt, chile powder, garam masala powder and soya granules or chunks.
Veggies: cucumbers, tomato, carrots.
Check out the recipe card for the full list of the ingredients.
Step-by-step instructions
For crispy soya granules
- Add soya granules and hot water to a bowl. Let this sit for 5 minutes. Then, drain and squeeze out the excess water from the granules.
- Add oil, cumin seeds, and curry leaves to a pan on medium heat and saute for 1 minute.
- When cumin seeds start to splutter, add soya granules, salt, chili powder, and garam masala powder and saute for 8 to 10 minutes until crispy. Set aside.
For the zesty paneer dressing
- Add cashews, raw/roasted garlic, dry red chilies, paneer, lemon juice, garam masala powder, and salt to a blender jar.
- Add ⅓ to ½ cup of water and blend it into a smooth, creamy sauce. Add more water if needed to get the right consistency.
Assemble the salad
- In a large mixing bowl, add diced cucumber, diced tomato, grated carrot, finely chopped cilantro, and half a portion of the crispy soya granules.
- Add the dressing and mix well.
- Garnish with remaining crispy soya granules. Serve and Enjoy!
Tips
- Add about 1 tablespoon of oil to a pan on low flame for roasted garlic. Add 6 to 8 garlic cloves crushed and saute until golden in color, about 3 to 4 minutes.
- For more protein, you can add greens like spinach or kale, avocado, crumbled feta cheese, quinoa, or chickpeas.
- For more additional crunch, add almonds or hemp seeds.
- Make the dressing, prep the veggies, and toss the crispy soya granules when you are ready to serve to enjoy the texture better.
- Adjust the spices to your taste.
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Recipe card
Protein Vegetarian Salad with Soya Granules
Equipment
Ingredients
Zesty Paneer Dressing
- 2 tablespoon Cashews
- 6 cloves Garlic
- 4 piece Dry Red Chillies
- 100 g Paneer cubes ½ cup
- 4 tablespoon Lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon Garam masala powder adjust to taste
- 1 teaspoon Salt
For Crispy Soya Granules
- 1 cup Soya Granules
- 2 tablespoon Oil
- 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds
- 6 leaf Curry leaves
- ½ teaspoon Salt
- 1 teaspoon Chilli powder
- 1 teaspoon Garam masala powder
For the Salad
- 1 ½ cups Cucumber diced
- 1 ½ cups Tomato diced
- 1 ½ cups Carrot grated
- 2 tablespoon Cilantro finely chopped
Instructions
For Zesty Paneer Dressing
- Add cashews, raw/roasted garlic, dry red chilies, paneer, lemon juice, garam masala powder, and salt to a blender jar.2 tablespoon Cashews, 6 cloves Garlic, 4 piece Dry Red Chillies, 100 g Paneer cubes, 4 tablespoon Lemon juice, 1 teaspoon Garam masala powder, 1 teaspoon Salt
- Add ⅓ to ½ cup of water and blend it into a smooth, creamy sauce. Add more water if needed to get the right consistency.
For Crispy Soya Granules
- Add soya granules and hot water to a bowl. Let this sit for 5 minutes. Then, drain and squeeze out the excess water from the granules.1 cup Soya Granules
- Add oil, cumin seeds, and curry leaves to a pan on medium heat and saute for 1 minute.2 tablespoon Oil, 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds, 6 leaf Curry leaves
- When cumin seeds start to splutter, add soya granules, salt, chili powder, and garam masala powder and saute for 8 to 10 minutes until crispy. Set aside.½ teaspoon Salt, 1 teaspoon Chilli powder, 1 teaspoon Garam masala powder
Assemble the salad
- In a large mixing bowl, add diced cucumber, diced tomato, grated carrot, finely chopped cilantro, and half a portion of the crispy soya granules.1 ½ cups Cucumber, 1 ½ cups Tomato, 1 ½ cups Carrot, 2 tablespoon Cilantro
- Add the dressing and mix well.
- Garnish with remaining crispy soya granules. Serve and Enjoy!
Notes
- Add about 1 tablespoon of oil to a pan on low flame for roasted garlic. Add 6 to 8 garlic cloves crushed and saute until golden in color, about 3 to 4 minutes.
- For more protein, you can add greens like spinach or kale, avocado, crumbled feta cheese, quinoa, or chickpeas.
- For more additional crunch, add almonds or hemp seeds.
- Make the dressing, prep the veggies, and toss the crispy soya granules when you are ready to serve to enjoy the texture better.
- Adjust the spices to your taste.
Nutrition
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