Cucumber Mixed Nuts Salad

I just love to have a chilled crunchy salad, any part of the day. I like my salads simple and fresh and ofcourse minimal time to prepare.


                                                       Things Required
                                                          1 Cucumber
                                                          1 Tomato
                                                          Walnut and Cashews few
                                                          Salt as per taste
                                                           Pepper Powder and Chaat Masala a pinch

                                                           Method
                                                           Deseed the cucumber and tomato and mix all ingredients. Serve Chill.

Beetroot Anar Raita

Ingredients

Beetroot 1

Pomegranate 1 cup

Curd 1/2 cup

Chaat masala

Salt as per taste

Lime juice 1/2 tsp

Method

Pressure cook beetroot for a whistle or until cooked but not mushy.

Peel the outer skin and chop into small pieces.

In a mixing bowl add all the ingredients and mix once, then add beetroot pieces and mix evenly.

Serve your beetroot anar raita  as an accompaniment with any spicy pulao or as it is.

Kela Anar Salad ~ Healthy fruit salad

Ingredients

Banana 1

Pomegranate 1 cup

Yogurt 1 cup

Salt as per taste

Chaat masala 1/2 tsp

Cumin Powder 1/2 tsp

Raisins and almond 1/4 cup

Method

Whisk yogurt in a bowl add salt and sugar and mix well.

Add pomegranate, dry fruits, banana and cumin powder and mix gently.

Sprinkle chaat masala on top and serve immediately or chill.

Suggestions

This healthy salad can be had as a raita or as a healthy salad.

Lentil Veg Soup

Ingredients

Moong dal 1/2 cup (yellow)

Broccoli 1/2 cup(roughly chopped)

Carrot, French Beans 1 cup (finely chopped)

Capsicum 1/2 cup(finely chopped, i have used green capsicum)

Pepper powder 1 tsp

Salt as per taste

Oil 1/2 tsp

Method

Wash and pressure cook moong dhal for 2 whistles or until cooked, Cool and grind to smooth puree.

Heat oil and saute the vegetables on high flame, as the vegetables need to be crisp and not soft.

 Simmer the heat add the dhal puree and adjust the consistency according to your preference adding more or less water.

Add salt, pepper powder and boil for 3-4 mins.

Serve Hot Lentil Veg Soup with oregano or pepper powder sprinkled on top.

Suggestions

1/2 tsp lemon juice can also be added to the soup before serving.

Broccoli Oats Soup ~ Healthy and Tasty

Ingredients

Broccoli 2 cups (Roughly chopped)

Onion 1(finely chopped)

Garlic pods 2

Oats Powder 4 tsp

Butter 1 tsp

Salt as per taste

Pepper powder 2 tsp

Method

Chop the broccoli finely and immerse in warm water with a pinch of salt for 30mins and drain the water.

Heat butter in a pan saute onions, when they turn transparent add garllic and broccoli and fry for 2mins.

Add 2 cups of wate and pressure cook for a whistle.

Open cool and blend to smooth puree.

Boil the soup on low flame add salt, oats powder and pepper powder, mix well.

Boil for 2 mins and serve hot.

Suggestions

You can garnish with grated cheese and oregano also.

Fried bread crumbs can also be added to the soup.

Roast oats in a pan without adding oil, cool and grind to fine powder, this is your oats powder.

Chana Chaat

Ingredients

Black chickpeas 1 cup

Onion 1(Finely chopped)

Chaat masala 1/2 tsp

Cumin Powder 1/2 tsp

Red chilly powder 1/2 tsp

Green chilly 1 (finely chopped)

Salt as per taste

Lemon juice 1 tsp

Hing 1/4 tsp

Sev for garnishing

Method

In a mixing bowl add onion and all the spices, except sev, finally add lemon juice and mix well.

Soak black chickpeas overnight and pressure cook with salt and hing adding water until soft.

Now add the cooked chickpeas to the bowl and mix well and serve immediately with sev and coriander leaves on top.

 

 

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Stuffed Alu Salad

Ingredients

Potato 1 big (boiled)

Onion 1 (finely chopped)

Tomato 1 (Finely chopped)

Raw Mango 1/4 cup(finely chopped)

Salt

Sugar

Turmeric 1/2 tsp

Chaat masala 1/4 tsp

Sev

Method

Boil, peel the outer skin of potato and mash them in a bowl add little salt and turmeric and mix well form like small balls and slightly press and keep aside.

In a mixing bowl mix other ingredients mix well and stuff in the potato and garnish with sev.

Suggestions

You can add chaat chutneys and sweet corn also to get a varied taste.

Green Peas Corn Soup

Ingredients

Green Peas 1 cup ( I have used frozen green peas)

Corn Kernels 1 cup(Boiled)

Onion 1( chopped roughly)

Garlic 2 pods

All Purpose flour/Maida 1 tsp

Red chilly powder 1/2 tsp

Pepper powder 1/4 tsp

Salt as per taste

Method

In a pressure cooker add green peas, onion, garlic, plain flour salt and 1 cup of water and pressure cook for 2 whistles.

Let it cool, blend the cooked items to a smooth paste.

Pour into a nonstick vessel/pan add chilli powder, pepper powder corn and a cup of water and bring to boil.

Serve hot

Tomato Oats Soup ~ Healthy and Tasty

Ingredients

Tomatoes 2 big

Garlic pods 3-4

Carrot 1

Green chilly 1

Oats 4 tsp

Salt to taste

Pepper Powder 1/2 tsp

Method

Peel the outer skin of carrot garlic and onion, wash everything and pressure cook tomato, carrot, garlic and green chilly with sufficient water. Add Little salt.

Once the vegetables are boiled, cool them and blend them.

Put them back to heat for a boil to come, when the soup starts to boil add oats and pepper powder.

Let the soup thicken and adjust the salt according to your taste.

Serve hot Tomato Oats Soup.

Cabbage Apple Salad

Ingredients

Cabbage 1/4

Apple 1

Carrot 1

For Dressing

Curd 3 tsp

Honey 1 tsp

Chaat Masala 1/2 tsp

Salt as per taste

Method

Wash the cabbage, remove one leaf and keep separately.

Chop the rest of the cabbage finely and put in ice water for 5-10mins, this will make the cabbage firm.

Chop the apple finely and peel the skin and grate the carrot.

In a bowl whisk together all the items mentioned for dressing.

For serving, place the cabbage leaf on the plate, sprinkle apple and cabbage pieces, and the dressing.

Continue the same with the remaining apple and cabbage pieces on top sprinkle grate carrot.

Serve Cabbage Apple Salad immediately or chill

Carrot Minty Salad

Ingredients

Carrot 2

Cucumber 1

To be mixed into dressing
Pudina/mint leaves 2 tsp
Yogurt 1/2 cup
Honey 1 tsp
Salt Lemon Juice 2tsp

Method

Peel the outer skin of both carrot and cucumber and chop into fine pieces.

 Combine all the ingredients for the salad in a bowl and chill.

Just before serving, add the dressing and toss well.
Serve immediately or serve chill.

Pasta Sprouts Salad

Ingredients

Pasta 1 cup

Sprouts(Any) 1/2 cup

Onion 1

Carrot 1

Tomato 1

Olive oil 2 tsp

Pepper powder 2 tsp

Salt as per taste

Sugar a pinch

Lemon juice 1 tsp

Cumin Powder 1/4 tsp

Chaat Masala 1/4 tsp

Method

In a small bowl add olive oil, salt, sugar, lemon juice and pepper powder, mix well and keep aside.

Boil pasta and sprouts together for 3-4mins, until its half done.

Finely chop onion, carrot and tomato after washing.

On a plate place the boiled pasta and sprouts, pour some olive mixture on it.

Now add all the onions, and again olive mixture.

Now add the carrots and repeat with olive mixture, and finally add tomato and the remaining olive mixture.

Sprinkle cumin powder and chaat masala on the top and serve.

Banana Salad

Ingredients

Banana 2

Honey 2 tsp

Fresh grated coconut 3 tsp

Dry fruits(any of your choice)

Method

Remove the outer skin and chop banana into round chunks.

In a mixing bowl add all the ingredients and mix well.

Serve banana salad as a nutritious food

Colourful Salad

Ingredients

1 cup boiled sweet corn kernels

1 tomato finely chopped

1 onion finely chopped

1 cucumber deseeded and finely chopped

1 carrot

1 apple

few coriander leaves

2 tsp chaat masala

cumin/jeera powder

1 tsp lemon juice

salt as per taste.

Method

fry jeera in a pan without adding oil, cool and grind to fine powder.

Boil corn kernels.

Add all the ingredients and powdered jeera in a mixing bowl and mix evenly.

Add lemon juice just before serving.