Showing posts with label Salads and Raitas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Salads and Raitas. Show all posts

Friday, February 27, 2009

Fruit Salad (Chaat)

Ingredients :
- 5 Pineapple slices
- 5 Oranges
- 200 gm Papaya(cubed)
- 3 Apples(peeled cored & cubed)
- 1 cup seedless grapes
- 3 Sweet lime
- ¼ cup Black seedless grapes
- 5 Cherries and Strawberries (sliced)
- 2 tsp Chat masala
- Black salt A pinch
- Sugar and salt to taste
- 1 tsp Lemon juice(optional)

Method :

- Cut the pineapple into fine cubes.
- Clean and segment the oranges and sweetlimes. Remove the seeds and the skin of the segments.
- Mix chat masala powder, black salt, sugar and lemon juice(optional)well.
- Add all the fruits except the cherries and black grapes, mix well.
- Chill till serving time.
- Garnish with cherries and black grapes.

Cucumber Raita (Koshimbir)

Ingredients :
- 3 medium Cucumbers peeled and finely chopped
- 1 cup Curd
- 4 Green chillies finely chopped
- ½ tsp Sugar
- 1 tsp Lime juice
- Salt to taste
- Coriander leaves to garnish
- 2 tsp Scraped fresh coconut

Method :

- Beat curd in a bowl until smooth.
- Add chopped cucumber, green chilies, sugar, lime juice and salt. Mix it.
- Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and scraped fresh coconut.

Spinach Raita

Ingredients :
- 100 grams chopped spinach
- 1 cup fresh curds
- ¼ tsp chilli-ginger paste
- salt and pepper to taste
- Mint leaves and tomato slice to garnish

Method :

- Steam the spinach.
- Beat the curds. Add the chilli-ginger paste, salt and pepper and mix well.
- Add the spinach and mix thoroughly.
- Put in the refrigerator to cool.
- Garnish with mint leaves and tomato slice.
- Serve cold.

Mixed Vegetables Salad

Ingredients :
- 1 cup sliced and boiled mixed vegetables (Red Cabbage, Red bell pepper, Yellow bell pepper, Baby corn, capsicum)
- 1 chopped onion
- 1 Chopped tomato
- 1 chopped green chilli
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp butter
- salt and pepper to taste

Method :

- Heat the butter and fry the onion for ½ minute.
- Add the green chilli and fry again for ½ minute.
- Add the vegetables and cook for 1 minute.
- Add the lemon juice, salt and pepper and mix thoroughly

Bundi And Pomegranate Raita

Ingredients :
- 1 cup bundi
- 1 cup pomegranate seeds (anardana)
- 2 cups fresh curds
- 2 pinches roasted cumin seeds powder
- 2 pinches red chilli powder
- salt to taste
- Mint leaves to garnish

Method :

- Add salt to the curds and beat.
- Add the bundi and pomegranate seeds.
- Store in the refrigerator.
- Just before serving, sprinkle the cumin seeds powder and chilli powder.
- Garnish with mint leaves.
- Serve cold.

Bean Salad

Ingredients :
- ¼ cup boiled kidney beans (rajma)
- ½ cup boiled chick peas (kabuli chana)
- ½ cup boiled butter beans (lima beans or pavta)
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 1 tomato, deseeded and cut into small cubes
- Coriander leaves finely chopped

For Dressing :
- 1 ½ tablespoons tomato ketchup
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- ¼ teaspoon dried oregano
- salt and freshly ground pepper to taste

Method :

- Combine all the ingredients except the dressing in a salad bowl. Toss well. Chill for at least 2 to 3 hours.
- Just before serving, toss the dressing in the salad.
- Serve immediately.