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Go the green way

Photo: K. Ramesh Babu

Salad days Salads are healthy and filling

Vegetable and curd salad

Ingredients

Cabbage, finely chopped: 1 cup

Carrot, finely chopped: 1 cup

Cucumber, finely chopped: 1 cup

For the dressing

Fresh curd: 2 cups

Salt and pepper to taste

Method

Soak all the chopped vegetables in cold water. Remove from water after some time. Tie the curd in a muslin cloth. Let excess water drain. Mix the curd and the vegetables. Add salt and pepper and serve chilled.

Ingredients

Mushrooms: 100 gm

Capsicum: 100 gm

Fresh paneer: 100 gm

Spring onions, finely chopped: 2 tbsp

Coriander leaves, chopped: 2 tbsp

Salt to taste

For the dressing

Orange juice: 1 cup

Honey: 50 gm

Black pepper: 1 tbsp

Black pepper, freshly ground: 1 pinch

Method

Mix the orange juice, honey, vinegar and pepper to make the dressing. Mix well and chill it. Clean and cut the mushrooms, capsicum and paneer into cubes. Add the spring onions. Chill it. At the time of serving, pour the orange dressing. Add salt to taste. Toss lightly and serve.

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