Mixed Beans Mango Salad / 15 Beans Mango Salad

How can a summer special post ends without a mango recipe?! So for the final day post on the theme "Summer Salad" going to share a super delicious n nutritious salad with Mixed Beans and Mango, both raw n ripe mangoes. Long back i bookmarked this salad from Taste of Home site. The original recipe is with Black beans only but i recreated with mixed beans/15 beans combo. Usually i make Sundal and curry with the 15beans. This 15 beans pack are available at all local grocery stores. It comprises of mixed beans, peas, lentils and are as follows...black beans, red beans, Dark and Light Red kidney beans, navy beans, great northern bean,Large and,Baby lima beans,pinto beans,Green and Yellow split peas, black-eyed peas,Various forms of lentil- Red Chief, Eston, Pardina, Crimson, Cranberry beans (shell beans), chick peas, Small white bean, Pink Bean.
For today's post i actually wanted to share a fruit salad but except mangoes n apples everything was over. Then i decided to make some simple salad with mango n mixed beans which i soaked to make sundal. Leave some setting time for this salad, so that the dressing blends completely with the beans n fruits. This recipe was adapted from Taste of Home.

Ingredients

1. Mixed Beans / 15 Beans / Black Beans    1 and 1/2 cup (cooked) 
2. Raw Mango     1/3 cup (peeled n chopped)
3. Ripe Mango     1/3 cup (peeled n chopped)
4. Sweet Red Pepper   3 tbsp (finely chopped)
5. Red Onion     2tbsp (finely chopped)
6. Cilantro     2 tbsp (finely chopped)
7. Red chilli flakes    1/2 tsp
8. Cumin Powder    1/4 tsp or less
9. Salt    to taste
10. For Dressing
11. Orange Juice    2-3 tbsp
12. Lime Juice    2-3 tbsp

Method

• Soak Mixed beans / Black beans over night, then cook with enough water n little salt until it get soft but not mushy.

• Then drain and keep aside. Chop mango, sweet pepper, onion, cilantro and keep ready.
• Take a bowl, add all the ingredients, squeeze lime n orange juice and mix everything well.

• Check salt n spice...then cover n keep it in fridge for 1 hour or more. 
• Then the Mixed Bean Mango Salad ready to relish!

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Sending it to Renuka's Salad Splendour Event.