Salad Synergy for Spring
This colorful and tasty salad is Vijay’s creation. Boiled peanuts, salad greens served with homemade yogurt and black pepper dressing. A cup of tomato rasam on the side makes this a pleasant luncheon or light supper to have.
This is one of those recipes, where you buy ready to use ingredients and put together a meal at home. We bought boiled peanuts from a Vietnamese grocery shop and salad greens from another nearby grocery shop. The meal preparation went like this - opened the salad greens packet, washed and drained them. Shelled the peanuts. Coarsely crushed black pepper and added it to yogurt along with some salt and a teaspoon of gulkand. Took the salad greens and peanuts in a big bowl and mixed. Served with yogurt. (We also added orange slices.)
Our Light Luncheon Today
Notes:
Gulkand (Concentrated sugary rose petals) - available in Indian stores
The salad looks good and very healthy!
I loved the cup where you put the rasam.Did you get it from India?
have a good night!
~Nisha
Comment by Nisha — April 23, 2007 @ 10:43 pm
thats colorful and healthy too
Comment by anusharaji — April 23, 2007 @ 11:51 pm
Indira, a really nice and colorful salad! I love the peanuts - adding a nice crunch to the salad.
Comment by Meeta — April 24, 2007 @ 1:50 am
Hi Indira,
Nice salad!Cools one just looking at it.Would love to know where u were able to get gulkand in US.Have a 6yr old and would love for her to try it.Specially in coming summer months.
Comment by marietta — April 24, 2007 @ 7:06 am
Hi Indira,
I love the combination of fruit, nuts and cheese on salads.
Never tried peanuts and yoghurt. This is lovely.
Comment by sonali — April 24, 2007 @ 9:00 am
Indira, I love the colours of this salad… though it takes a lot of effort to eat it… I love gulkhand and I mix it water and drink it as a coolant for the body whenever necessary. It works really good
Comment by Deepika Saripalli — April 24, 2007 @ 9:26 am
Hi Indira,
What a wonderful and colorful salad!Felt so fresh looking at those colors in the salad!
Cheers,
Vaishu
Comment by lakshmi — April 24, 2007 @ 10:45 am
i love that cup in which u have the rasam. nice pics:)
Comment by Ranjani — April 24, 2007 @ 2:16 pm
Quick, healthy, colourful and tasty I am sure.
Comment by Cynthia — April 24, 2007 @ 6:37 pm
indira such a crunchy and healthy salad would love ti try it!
Comment by Roopa — April 24, 2007 @ 9:14 pm
Thanks all for your nice comments. Glad to hear that you liked Vijay’s creation - the peanut-spring salad.
Comment by Indira — April 24, 2007 @ 9:56 pm
I loved the way you have used gulkand. My mom would always use it for fruit salad dressing, mix it up with a couple of spoons of cream and it tastes divine. And the link you have provided for the store that sells it in B’lore, oh, that’s my favorite haunt every time I visit B’lore, a visit there is a must!
Comment by Mekhala — April 25, 2007 @ 11:43 am