Thursday, August 6, 2009

Chana Salad

Ingredients

Chana 50 gms
Capsicum 1
Onion 2 (thinly sliced)
Tomato 1 (big with seeds removed and thinly sliced)

Dressing:

Mint leaves
Garlic 5
Coriander leaves
Green Chilli 3 (if needed you can add as you want)
Lemon Juice
Salt to taste
Mustard powder (if there)
Olive Oil 2 tsp
Hot Water 2 spoon
Mix the above in a blender
Method:

Boil the chana with salt.
Add capsicum, onion and tomato and mix them.
Keep it in fridge till required.
Add the dressing before 10 minutes of serving.

Tomato and Cucumber Salad

Ingredients:
1 medium cucumber-peeled and thinly sliced
4 ripe tomatoes-sliced
90 ml sour cream
2 tbsp white wine vinegar
2 tbsp fresh mint-chopped
salt
black pepper-ground
Method:
Place the cucumber in a bowl and sprinkle a little salt and a tbsp of vinegar and toss it around with 5-6 ice cubes.

Chill for an hour and then rinse and pat it dry.

Add the sour cream, pepper and the mint and pack it in a box.

To serve, arrange the tomato slices on a plate and sprinkle with the remaining vinegar and add the cucumber pieces in the center.

Cucumber Potato Salad

Ingredients:
2 Cucumbers
1/2 kg Potatoes, washed
1 cup yoghurt
Mint லேஅவேஸ்
Method:
1. Cook the potatoes in salted water and peel after cooling.
2. Cut into slices.
3. Peel cucumber and cut into slices.
4. In a salad bowl, put one layer of potatoes and one layer of cucumber and sprinkle yoghurt dressing on it.
5. Continue layering and sprinkle the mint leaves.
6. Leave for atleast half an hour and serve