Vegetable Salad
Apart from fresh vegetables, the simple salad dressing gives a new dimension to this colorful vegetable salad. Also, this recipe does not mix all ingredients, instead, it requires arranging veggies and fruits in a specified order to make it visually tempting.
| Ingredients: |
| 6-8 Salad Leaves (lettuce or spinach) |
| 1 Tomato, chopped |
| 1 Onion, sliced |
| 1 Carrot, sliced |
| 1/2 Zucchini or Cucumber, chopped |
| 1/2 Red or Yellow Bell Pepper (capsicum), cut into long strips |
| For Salad Dressing: |
| 1½ tablespoons Olive Oil |
| 2½ tablespoons Lemon juice |
| 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon Black Pepper Powder |
| Salt, to taste |
| Chaat Masala Powder, to taste |
Directions:
- For salad dressing, mix 1½ tablespoons olive oil, 2½ tablespoons lemon juice, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon black pepper powder and 1/4 teaspoon chaat masala powder in a small bowl.
- Cut all the vegetables .
- Arrange lettuce or spinach leaves in a large serving plate.
- Arrange all the chopped vegetables as shown in the picture.
- First arrange red bell pepper then zucchini (or cucumber), carrot, tomato and onion.
- Pour salad dressing over the prepared salad using a spoon.
- Keep vegetable salad in a refrigerator before serving. Serve it chilled.
Tips and Variations:
- Use yellow capsicum, yellow sweet corn and purple cabbage to make a rainbow salad.
- Feel free to use vegetables of your choice to make this salad.
- Add fruits like apples, blueberries and pomegranate seeds to make it more flavorful.
- For variation, add crushed or minced garlic in salad dressing.
Taste:Crunchy Vegetables with mild tangy and salty taste
Serving Ideas:Serve vegetable salad with a complete meal in lunch.