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Showing posts with label Salad. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Potato Veggie Salad

 Potato Veggie Salad


Ingredients


Potato (medium) – 5
Carrot – 2 (sliced)
Cabbage – A handful (thinly sliced)
Green chillies – 3 (chopped finely)
Onion (medium) – 1 (chopped finely)
Lemon – 1-2 ( Juice extracted )
Coriander leaves (finely chopped) – As required
Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
Salt – As required

Procedure

  1. Cook potatoes in a container with salt and turmeric powder.
  2. Cut the carrots, cabbage, onion, green chillies and coriander as instructed and put it in a wide vessel.
  3. Once potatoes are cooked, strain the remaining water and allow to cool for a while till just warm enough.
  4. Place potatoes in the same container as other veggies.
  5. Using a potato masher or your own hands, mash potatoes till they are crushed properly.
  6. Add extracted lemon juice in between to make the process easy.
  7. Mix with other ingredients in the vessel.
  8. Add salt as required.



Tamarind Chutney

 Tamarind Chutney


Ingredients


Tamarind – 5 lemon sized balls
Jaggery – 2 tsp or as required
Chilly powder – As required
Cumin seeds – 1 tsp
Salt – As required

Procedure

  1. Soak tamarind in warm water for 30 minutes.
  2. Squeeze out all the tamarind juice.
  3. Take this juice in a sauce pan and heat it on a medium flame by adding water. It should get the consistency of a sauce.
  4. Keep stirring and bring it to boil.
  5. Add jaggery, salt and chilly powder.
  6. Heat for few more minutes.
  7. When it becomes thick, turn off heat.
  8. Heat little oil in a pan and add cumin seeds to it. Wait till good smell comes.
  9. Pour it on top of the prepared chutney.

Few More Dishes :-

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Beans Sprout Salad

Beans Sprout Salad


Today I am presenting a healthy recipe beans sprout salad

Ingredients


Beans sprouts – ¼ kg
Coconut milk – ¼ cup
Lime juice – 2 tsp
Chilly garlic sauce – 4 tbsp
Onion  - 2 tbsp (chopped)
Coconut – 2 tsp (grated)
Green chillies – 2 (chopped)
Salt – As required

Procedure

  1. For preparing beans sprout salad, boil beans sprout in a pan for 4 minutes. Strain and keep aside.
  2. In a bowl, mix chilly sauce, spring onions, lime juice, onion coconut, coconut milk and salt.
  3. Add the beans and mix well.
  4. Add green chillies on top and serve. Beans sprout salad is ready.

Monday, January 18, 2016

Baby Corn Salad

. Baby Corn Salad

Ingredients


Baby corn – ½ tin (cooked-drain the water)
Baby lettuce – 4 leaves (chopped)
Peanuts – 1 tbsp (roasted)
Garlic – 1 clove (minced)
Pepper powder – A pinch
White sesame seeds – ½ tsp
Olive oil – As required
Salt – A pinch

Procedure

  1. For preparing baby corn salad, chop the baby corns and put it in a bowl.
  2. Heat olive oil in a pan and sauté the garlic. Mix it in the corn.
  3. Add the lettuce, sesame seeds, pepper powder and salt. Mix well.
  4. Baby corn salad is ready. Serve immediately.

Apple with Grapes Salad

 Apple with Grapes Salad

Ingredients


Grapes – ¼ cup (deseeded)
Celery – 2 tbsp (chopped)
Apple – ½ cup (diced)
Gelatin – ½ tbsp
Apple juice – ¾ cup
Water – 2 tbsp
Custard – 1 cup

Procedure

  1. Soak gelatin in water for 5 minutes. Stir it in a pan on low flame till it dissolves completely.
  2. Pour apple juice into gelatin mixture and let it cool.
  3. Stir in grapes, celery and apple. Mix well and pour in moulds and keep in the fridge till set. Serve the salad mixed with custard.
  4. Apple with grapes salad, a healthy recipe for kids as well as elders, is ready.

Aloo-Channa Chaat ( Potato And Chick Peace Chaat )

 Aloo-Channa Chaat


Today I am presenting a different recipe Aloo-Channa Chaat.

Ingredients


Potato- 2
Chick peace – ¾ cup (soaked overnight )
For dressing:
Lemon Juice – 4 tbsp
Cumin Powder – 2 tsp
Chaat masala – 2 tsp
Salt – As required
Ground nut oil – 5 tbsp
To garnish:
Mint leaves – As required
Onion – 1 (rings)
Tomato – 1 (rings)

Procedure

  1. For preparing aloo channa chaat, cook potato, peel and dice it.
  2. Cook channa with salt and a pinch of soda powder.
  3. Mix the dressing ingredients in a bowl. Add potato and cooked channa and mix well.
  4. Spread in a salad plate and garnish with onion and tomato rings.