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Potassium-rich kachumber

Nearly all blood pressure advice is about cutting salt. Raising potassium is the other lever, and it is the one most Indian diets are further from.

Time
15 minutes
Serves
3
Protein
7 g
Fibre
7 g

Ingredients

  • 1 cup diced cucumber
  • 1 boiled potato, cooled and diced, skin on
  • ½ cup pomegranate seeds
  • 1 tomato, diced
  • ½ cup boiled rajma or chana
  • ¼ cup coriander
  • Juice of 1 lemon
  • ½ tsp roasted jeera powder
  • 1 tsp olive oil or mustard oil
  • A very small pinch of salt

Method

Step 1

Boil the potato with the skin on and cool it completely. Cooling matters — it raises the resistant starch.

Step 2

Combine all the vegetables, pomegranate and pulses.

Step 3

Dress with lemon juice, oil and roasted jeera powder.

Step 4

Add salt at the very end, tasting first. Most of the flavour is already there from the lemon and jeera.

If you have reduced kidney function, do not raise potassium without your doctor’s advice. For that group the usual guidance is reversed.

Why it works

Potassium against sodiumPotassium helps the kidney excrete sodium. Raising it has a measurable effect on blood pressure that is separate from cutting salt.
Lemon and jeera instead of saltAcid and roasted spice give the sharpness that salt is usually there for.
Cooled potatoPotato is an excellent potassium source. Cooling it after boiling also lowers the glucose response.

Nutrition, per serving

Approximate values. Actual figures vary with portion and ingredients.
EnergyProteinCarbohydrateFatFibre
190 kcal7 g30 g4 g7 g

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