Salad is very important when you are looking for healthy options. But people like me suffer from severe sulphur allergies and cannot eat raw stuff. I tend to modify my salads to a little cooked version. You can use the dressing for any variety of vegetables or mix it with sauteed vegetables.
Chinese salad
Dressing
Half cup water
One tablespoon of sugar
One teaspoon vinegar
One teaspoon of corn flour
Salt and pepper to taste
One teaspoon of tomato sauce
Half tablespoon of Worcester sauce (you can add soya sauce)
chili flakes to taste or even chilly sauce
Method for Dressing
Mix all this in a pan and give it 3-4 boils stirring constantly till it is thick
Let it cool and keep in a bottle.
Mix in vegetables
Ingredients for Salad
One cucumber Chopped
One-fourth Cup Carrot Chopped (optional)
One-fourth cup of Beans chopped (optional)
Half a cup of boiled noodles
One or two Spring onions Chopped
A few nuts
green chilly strips
one cup of shredded cabbage
Method
Par boil Carrot and beans if using
Mix the dressing in all the vegetables
Note– People like me who cannot eat raw vegetables will sauté cabbage, spring onions and bell peppers and mix them in the dressing. The recipe shown is my version where you sauté the vegetables.
When you eat this delicious salad you will be crunching your way into a healthier lifestyle. Happy Eating!!
Eating Salad is the most convenient and easy habit that one can adopt in today’s health conscious environment. Restaurants offer special salads in their appetizer menu and there are cafes which cater for sandwiches and salad. A salad is cool, crunchy and fun to eat and has lots of textures in it. You can customize them to include the fruits and vegetables that appeal to you the most or whatever is in season or in hand.
This one is simple salad with rice and creates a wholesome meal. It is a favorite in our house.
Ingredients
1 cup boiled rice (1/3 rd cup raw rice). It could be any rice that you eat brown or white
1 capsicum chopped
½ cup Mixed bell peppers chopped
½ cup chopped and boiled carrot
1 spring onion or normal onion finely chopped
Few mint and coriander leaves
1 cup finely chopped cabbage and better to take it out from hot water once
½ cup boiled chickpeas
1 bread slice cut and fried or toasted in square pieces
Few nuts of your choice
Cheese for garnishing
For the dressing
½ Tbsp vinegar. If you have use Balsamic vinegar otherwise any vinegar is okay
5 Tbsp Olive oil
Salt and white pepper to taste
¼ tsp mustard powder
Pinch of sugar
1 ground garlic
2 tbsp Tomato ketchup
Method
Mix all the ingredients required for dressing
Beat for a minute and set aside
Mix all the main ingredients except bread and cheese
You can serve it on platter or on a bed of lettuce leaves or a jelly mold
Sprinkle the dressing and garnish with bread and cheese
There is no hard and fast rule you can mix it in the salad itself.
Variations- Pl use any kind of vegetables like corn, red cabbage or blanched beans..etc whatever your family likes.
Salad gives us lot of fiber, helps us to cut calories and give us more fulfilling meal. You can also choose different kinds of dressings as per your palate.
