Indian Salad Recipes - Vegetable Salad With Yogurt

Serves: 3-4
Preparation time: 10-15 minutes

Ingredients:

250 gms cauliflower, separated into florets
2 carrots, peeled and diced
3/4 cup shelled green peas
2 potatoes, boiled, peeled and diced
2 green chilies, cut into fine pieces
1 cup yogurt
2 tbsp honey
1/4 cup fresh cream
2 tbsp coriander leaves, chopped
Salt to taste

Method:

1. Cook the cauliflower, carrots and green peas in salted water and then refresh in cold water, drain and keep aside.

2. Whisk yogurt, salt, honey and green chilies with fresh cream.

3. Mix all the cooked vegetables with the yogurt dressing.

4. Chill and serve garnished with coriander leaves.

Indian Salad Recipes - Waldorf Salad

Ingredients:

1 apple
1/4 cup mayonnaise sauce
10g milk cream
10g walnuts
10 salad leaves
1 tsp mustard powder
1 egg
1 tsp salad oil
1 tsp sugar
Salt to taste

For preparing mayonnaise sauce:

Take the egg yolk from the egg and to this, add salt, sugar, mustard powder. Pour oil drop by drop into the above mixture and mix well. This becomes the mayonnaise sauce

Method:

1. Cut apple into pieces and soak in water, and arrange them on a plate.
2. Mix mayonnaise sauce, milk cream and pour on the pieces.
3. Sprinkle the walnuts on the plate.
4. Serve when chilled.

Indian Snacks Dishes - Vitamin Sandwiches

Ingredients:

8 bread slices
1 1/2 cup fresh yogurt
1/2 cup sprouts
1 tbsp grated carrot
1 tbsp chopped onions
1/2 tbsp chopped green chilies
2 tbsp chopped cucumber
1/4 tsp salt and pepper, each
3 tbsp chili or tomato sauce

Method:

1. Pour yogurt into a fine sieve and keep aside for half an hour for all water to drain off.

2. Mix all the chopped ingredients, grated carrots, salt, pepper and sprouts together.

3. Take a slice of bread. Apply a tablespoon of yogurt on it. Spread a tablespoon of vegetable mixture over it.

4. Sprinkle little sauce and cover with another slice, press slightly and cut the sandwich into 2 halves. If liked, the ends of the bread slices could be trimmed.

5. Repeat with the remaining bread slices. Serve as a substantial snack.

6. The yogurt used in sandwiches should be freshly made and should be thick and not sour.