Fruits & Soy-paneer salad (serves 3)

I am usually not someone who enjoys her time in kitchen but now that I don’t have any work I thought I should cook often …and umm I don’t want to be modest here…but whenever I cook somehow I love what turns out of it : delicious food..(ummm almost always!! ;))...thank god I inherited this from my mom…she is a lovely cook….:)…and she definitely would be proud of me for getting my butt into the kitchen!! MOM Here’s your little girl starting her married life with some amazing experimental food!! Love ya.

And I hope you guys enjoy as much as I did ......:)

Here’s the first recipe I am posting from my kitchen wohooo…..

PS. I believe in healthy living…. So all my recipes are a healthy choiceJ

1) Fruits & Soy-paneer salad (serves 3)

I usually love eating something light for dinner so this one is an amazingly healthy salad for your soul!!

You need:

For Main salad-

Olive oil- 2 table spoon

Soya nuggets-15 pieces

Cottage Cheese (Paneer) - chopped (amount depends on you)

Capsicums (shimla mirch) - Red and yellow- half of red and half of yellow- chopped in small squares (you could use green capsicum if you want)

Pomegranate (anar)-1 fruit

Apple- half an apple

Grapes- chopped in thin slices (I used Australian grapes because of their big size)

Cherry tomatoes-8 of them sliced into half

Salad leaf-green and purple ones chopped coarsely

Lemon grass- for flavor (I used 8 pieces of 3inches each - chopped lemon grass)

For dressing-

Olive oil- about 4 teaspoon

Garlic cloves- about 4 of them chopped

Basil leaves (tulsi) or Parsley leaves (Whichever you may prefer-I used parsley): Coarsely chopped

Lemon juice- 4 table spoon(approx 3 lemons)

Black pepper-1 teaspoon

Salt to taste- I prefer black salt

Vinegar- 2 teaspoon

PS:

- If you don’t have fruits to sweeten the salad then you could add 1 teaspoon sugar in the dressing.

- You could use the same dressing with different vegetables of your choice in salad.

PROCEDURE

1) MAIN SALAD PREPARATION

In a pan add olive oil, add lemon grass pieces, sauté it on low flame till lemon grass changes its original color to pale brown now add paneer to it, sauté till paneer becomes a little golden but still is soft, now add Soya nuggets (pre boiled), sauté for 2 minutes and add capsicum +black pepper +salt to taste cook till capsicum are half raw now add cherry tomatoes into it, cook for a minute(make sure veggies are still raw and not over cooked) and pour it into the mixing ball. Let it cool till room temperature and then add fruits and salad leaf .Mix well

2) DRESSING PREPARATION

In a pan add olive oil and chopped garlic cloves-sauté it till garlic turn brown and the flavor is strong. Now add parsley+ black pepper +little salt into it sauté it on low flame for 2 minutes+ lemon juice mix well.

3) MIXING SALAD AND DRESSING

Add the dressing to the salad in mixing bowl and add vinegar +blackpepper +salt if needed. Mix well and garnish it with coriander leaves.

Tadaaaaann Bon Appétit ;)