Category Archives: Salads

Healthy Corn Salad

Ingredients: Healthy Corn Salad

1 cup American sweet corn,

1 /2 cup chopped cucumber,

1/2 roasted peanuts,

1/2 cup thick poha soaked & drained,

1/4 cup chopped carrot,

Lime juice,

Coriander leaves,

1 /2 tsp Powder sugar,

Salt to taste.

Sev & mint for garnishing,

Chaat masala,

1/2 tsp Red chilli powder (To make it more spicy add green chillies)

Method:

In a mixing bowl, mix all the ingredients. Season with the salt, sugar, chaat masala, red chilly powder. Garnish with sev & mint.

Green Chutney

Accompaniments form an integral part of our Indian menu. Be it pickle, papad, salad or chutney they are a must have in our homes.

Ingredients:

1 bunch coriander
Few leaves of mint leaves
Ginger 1 inch
Salt
Sugar
1/2 tsp Fennel seeds
1/2 tsp Jeera seeds
Lemon juice
5 to 6 green chillies

Method:
Grind into a fine paste and refrigerate and use as required.

This simple green chutney is a very useful accompaniment which can be used in a variety of ways. Just to quote a few:

1. As a side dish
2. With Vada, Dosa, Roti, Samosa,etc.
3. For sandwich
4. For Frankies and rolls
5. Add dahi to it and relish it with Parathas.
6. Give Ghee tadka, add green peas, chillies, add boiled dal, coconut, a small ball of jaggery, kokum or tamarind as you like and put in 2 tbps of this chutney. This is a different taste of dal.
7. Add some rock salt and Panipuri Masala, lots of water. This chutney can also be useful for Panipuri. 🙂
8.Add it to a sabji alongwith some dhaniajeera powder, chilli paste for a nice variety.

Add green chillies as per your taste requirements. Importantly, you can store this green chutney in the refrigerator for a week or two.

Enjoy!!!

Stir Moong Dal Salad

Stir Moong Dal Salad

Ingredients
½ cup spilt moong dal
½ cup grated coconut
Salt to taste

Seasoning
½ tsp mustard seeds
Pinch of hing
Chopped green chilli
1 tsp of oil

Method
Soak the split moong dal for an hour. After an hour, cook the dal for 5 to 10 minutes. Add a little salt while cooking. Take care that the dal should be soft and not sticky.

Heat a tsp of oil, add mustard seeds. When it splutters, add green chilli, and curry leaves. Then add the moong dal and mix it well.  Add grated coconut. Serve warm.

Sprout Veggie Salad

Sprout Veggie Salad

Ingredients
1 cup cooked mixed sprouts (Red Gram, Moong, White Chana or any sprouts of your choice)
1 cup chopped cucumber
2 tbsp chopped tomatoes
¼ tsp ground pepper
1 tsp red chilli powder
1 tsp lemon juice
2 tbsp chopped coriander
Salt to taste

Method
Combine all the ingredients together in a serving bowl and toss well. Keep aside for 15 minutes, so that the salad gets a nice flavour. Garnish with coriander.