| Greek
Salad recipe - No cooking
required - quick easy dinner recipes |
 4
tomatoes (sliced)
4 capsicums (cored and sliced)
1 ½ cucumbers (diced)
3 onions (sliced)
350 gm paneer (diced)
2 tbsp chopped parsley (optional)
Dressing
450 gm curd
2 tsp mustard powder
5 tbsp lemon juice
2 tbsp grated lemon rind
3 garlic cloves (crushed)
small bunch of mint (poodina) leaves (chopped)
Salt and Pepper to taste
| 1. |
For
the dressing, mix curd, mustard, lemon juice and rind. |
| 2. |
Stir
in garlic, mint, salt and pepper. |
| 3. |
In
a bowl mix all the ingredients for the salad. |
| 4. |
Spoon
over the dressing and toss lightly to serve. |
| Tip
- Break the cucumber into two with your hands before peeling
it. This will make sure that the cucumber is not bitter. |
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| Tangy
Cucumber Raita -
No cooking required |
 4
tsp tomato ketchup
4-5 cups curd
2 (medium size) cucumbers
½ tsp salt
1 tsp oil
½ tsp mustard seeds
4-6 curry leaves
2 red chillies (whole)
| 1. |
Peel
and grate cucumber. Squeeze out the water. |
| 2. |
Beat
curd till smooth. |
| 3. |
Combine
together the sauce, cucumber and curds. Add salt. |
| 4. |
Heat
oil. Add mustard seeds in it. Once they start spluttering, add
whole red chillies and curry leaves. |
| 5. |
Add
this seasoning to the raita. |
| 6. |
Serve
chilled with the seasoning floating on the top. |
|
Tip
-Break
the cucumber into two with your hands before peeling
it. This will make sure that the cucumber is not bitter.
Other vegetables like grated and boiled squash, roasted
and mashed brinjal can substitute cucumber. Instead
of beating the curd you can pass the curd through a
sieve.
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