Salad Recipes

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Carrot Salad

Ingredients

1. Carrots - 5-6 grated
2. Medium sized onion -1 chopped finely
3. Medium sized green chili -2
4. coconut -1/2 cup grated
5. Juice of 1/2 lemon
6. salt to taste

Method

Combine all the ingredients with your hands in a bowl and leave it in the refrigerator for 1/2 -1 hour before use. You can alter the recipe by adding some tomatoes or cucumber that is not watery.

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Pepper Salad

Ingredients

Lettuce 1
Jalapeno Pepper 3-4
Red Onions 1
Green Pepper (Capsicum) 1
Tomatoes 1
Vinegar 1 tsp
Salad Dressing 2 tbsp
Pepper Powder 1/2 tsp
Lemon Juice 1 tsp
Salt to taste

Method

1. Chop the Lettuce & Jalapenos pepper. Then Slice Onions, Green Pepper, Tomatoes finely.
2. Take a Bowl and put all these vegetables into it. Then add Vinegar, salad Dressing, Pepper powder, lemon juice & salt.
3. Mix all of them well with a pair of fork.
Serve.

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Potato Salad

Ingredients

For Salad:

1 medium potato
1 teaspoon of Turmeric powder
1 teaspoon of shredded Coconut
1 teaspoon of Coriander powder
1/2 teaspoon of Ginger Paste
Small pinch of Asafoetida
4 Green chillies (6 if you want it real hot)
1 cup of home made curd
2 dash of lemon
Little Coriander leaves
Salt as required

For Seasoning:

1 tablespoon of ghee
Little mustard
Little jeera
Curry leaves

Method

1. Boil Potato and peel the skin. Shred it in to pieces. Allow it to cool down.
2. Then add turmeric powder, shredded coconut, coriander powder, ginger paste, asafoetida and salt
3. Add a dash of lemon to it.
4. Take a small deep pan, add ghee and mustard and when it sputters, add Jeera
5. Add cut green chillies in to it and curry leaves.
6. Mix all of them well adding the curd in to it
7. Finally add coriander leaves in it and your potato salad is ready for serving.

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Chatpati Salad

Ingredients

Cucumber : 2 no
Tomatoes : 2 no
Carrots : 6 no
Onion : 1 medium
Cilantro : 1/2 bunch
Green Chillies : 2 small
Peanut Bhujiya : few
Chat masala
Salt to taste
Cheese cubes

Method

1. Cut Cucumbers, Tomatoes into small pieces, chop Carrots, Onions, Cilantro very finely and ground the green chillies.
2. Mix all the above Veg. together and refrigerate and just before serving add the remaining ingredients.

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Cabbage Salad

Ingredients

1 medium tender Cabbage
100 gm Peanuts
4-5 Green Chilli
A sprig of Coriander leaves
Lemon Juice-1 tsp
1 tsp Oil, Urad daal, Mustard seeds
Salt to taste.

Method

1. Grate cabbage or cut cabbage into very thin slivers. Keep aside.
2. Roast peanuts for a few minutes, take out the husk and grind coarsely.
3. Cut chillies and coriander leaves into small pieces.
4. Add ground peanuts, chillies and coriander leaves to the cabbage.Put in a tsp of lemon juice.
5. Splutter mustard seeds and fry urad daal in the oil and put it over the salad. Add salt to taste.Mix well.

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Beet Salad

Ingredients

8 oz Carton Plain Yoghurt
1 can Beets: sliced and pickled/spiced, drained
1 tsp Cardamom seeds, coarsely ground

Method

Stir the yoghurt, then stir in the cardamom. Let this sit while you watch the news, then add to the beets and mix lightly Beautiful, delicious, and full of fiber!

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Beetroot Salad

Ingredients

2 Beetroot
1 Onion
Coriander Leaves
Curry Leaves
Mustard Seeds
1 Lemon
Green Chillies (finely chopped)
Salt (according to taste)

Method

1. Shred the Beetroot.
2. Chop the onion into small pieces.
3. Mix the beetroot, onion and green chillies.
4. In a small vessel add oil then the mustard seeds and then curry leaves and add this seasoning to the salad.
5. Add lemon juice and salt to taste.
6. Add coriander leaves.

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Groundnut Salad

Ingredients

100 gm Groundnut
2 Cucumber finely chopped (please remove the seeds)
2 Tomato finely chopped (please remove the seeds)
1 Boiled Potato cut into small pieces
2 Onions finely chopped
1 Carrot (optional) finely chopped.
1 Beatroot small size (optional) finely chopped.
2 Sticks of Spring Onions finely chopped.
Salt to taste
Chat Masala / Pepper / Sandwich Masala
Coriander to garnish.

Method:

1. Boil Groundnut in pressure cooker adding salt in it.
2. Let the Groundnut cool
3. Take a bowl mix all the ingredients together some salt to taste and chat masala /pepper/sandwich masala
4. Garnish it with chopped coriander leaves.
5. Keep it in refrigerator and allow it to cool before you serve.

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Sweet Sour Cucumber Salad

Ingredients

cucumber, large - 3 nos
onion - 1 no
thai chile - 1 no

For Dressing:
white vinegar - ¼ cup
sugar - 2 tsp
garlic powder - ½ tsp
oil - ¼ cup
salt to taste

Method

1. Wash, peel and slice the cucumber finely.
2. Skin and slice the onion finely as well.
3. Deseed the chilli and make fine slices.
4. Take a shallow bowl, place the cucumber slices, then place the sliced onions and sprinkle the sliced chilies on top.
5. Mix all the dressing ingredients together and pour this over the onions & cucumbers.
6. Refrigerate the salad for a few hours and then serve chilled.

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Asparagus Tomato and Pine Nut Salad

Ingredients

1/2 pound - fresh asparagus, trimmed and cut into 2" pieces
4 - plum tomatoes, cored and quartered
3 tablespoons - pine nuts, toasted
2 cloves - garlic, minced
3 tablespoons - balsamic vinegar
1 teaspoon - dijon mustard
1/4 cup - olive oil
salt and pepper

Method

1. In a large bowl combine the asparagus, tomatoes and pine nuts.
2. In a small bowl blend together the garlic, vinegar, dijon mustard and olive oil with a fork or whisk.
3. Pour the dressing over the vegetables, season with salt and pepper and toss to coat.