My Go-To Salad After Heavy Meals! {Lentil Detox Salad}
What this video covers
In this December 2015 video, Hari broadcasts live from her kitchen on Periscope — chatting with a live audience sending hearts and answering comments as she cooks — to demonstrate what she calls her go-to salad after heavy meals: a lentil detox salad. At nearly 22 minutes, it’s an unscripted, full recipe walkthrough recorded the week after Christmas — peak heavy-meal season.
Her build: a dressing of 1 tablespoon olive oil, sea salt, black pepper, a whole lime juiced, curry powder, and a little local honey; two chopped red peppers (which she notes are on the dirty dozen, so she buys organic); an entire bunch of cilantro used as the salad’s greens — her “detox ingredient,” which she claims “cleanses the blood” and is “said to prevent cancer” (her claims); sprouted lentils cooked in six minutes (9 grams of protein per serving, her figure), which she notes are the dish’s protein and nods to the bean-eating Blue Zones; raisins (normally currants) for sweetness; and avocado on top, which she says cuts the curry’s spiciness. She says the dish serves about four as a side or two to three as a main, and she recaps the full recipe at the end for late joiners. Along the way she mentions she’s been kicked out of grocery stores before, notes Whole Foods emailed her about legal issues with filming inside the store, and jokes that her Indian mother would scold her for using store-bought curry powder instead of making her own.
The “detox” framing is Hari’s own; the video is a cooking demonstration rather than a health lecture. She presents the lentil salad as a lighter, reset-style meal following holiday indulgence.
Key points
- Live Periscope cooking session from her kitchen, with an interactive audience — an unscripted format distinct from her produced TV-style videos.
- The recipe: lime-curry dressing (olive oil, sea salt, black pepper, lime, curry powder, honey), red peppers, a full bunch of cilantro as the greens, sprouted lentils (6-minute cook, her protein figure: 9g per serving), raisins, and avocado on top.
- She presents cilantro as the “detox ingredient,” claiming it cleanses the blood and is said to prevent cancer — her claims, not established findings.
- Serves about four as a side, two to three as a main; she recaps the full recipe at the end and says she’ll post it to Facebook and Instagram.
- Recorded December 27, 2015 — holiday-season timing, aimed at post-Christmas eating.