Healthy Salads

Raita: Yogurt Salad

Ingredients:

Plain yogurt 2% - 2 cups

Cucumber – 1 large

Salt – ½ tbs

Paprika – a pinch

Pepper – a pinch

Coriander – ¼ cup finely chopped

Green chilly – 1 finely chopped

Brown sugar – ½ a teaspoon

·         Wash, peel and grate the cucumber, mix it with salt and set aside for 5 minutes.

·         Squeeze the water from the cucumber one fist at a time and mix it well with yogurt and the rest of the ingredients

·         You may add chopped tomato and carrot if you so desire

You can use Raita with any kind of rice or just as a salad

Chickpea Salad

Ingredients

Chickpeas – 1 can

Onions – 2

Green chillies – 1 or 2

Coriander – ½ bunch

Apple cider vinegar – 1 tablespoon

Olive oil – 1 tablespoon

Method:

• Chop onions and green chillies finely and soak them in vinegar for 20 minutes
• Wash and drain the chickpeas and mix them with the rest of the ingredients. No salt is necessary as the chickpeas already have salt.

You can mix it with finely cut celery, carrots and boiled peas. Improvise your salad according to what is in your fridge.