Grilled salad

The healthiest way to eat your veggies. Grilling is always better than frying. Besides if you don't like eating raw veggies as in salad, this is something you might want to try. 


You need
Onions - 1/2 (diced)
Capsicum - 1/2 (diced)
Bread -2 slices
Cucumber - 1/2 (diced)
Tomato - 1 (diced)
Fresh Basil (chopped)
Vinegar -2 teaspoons
Olive oil
Salt
Pepper
Dijon Mustard - 1 tablespoon
Garlic - 2 cloves
Olives -  a handful (halved)


Method
Garlic bread cubes

• Toast the bread slices and rub garlic cloves over them, spread some butter on the bread. 
• Cut these 2 slices of bread into cubes for the salad.

Salad

• Grill/place in oven the tomatoes, onions and capsicum.
• In a bowl add the cucumber, grilled veggies and basil
• Dressing - In a separate bowl add very finely chopped garlic, dijon mustard, vinegar, salt and pepper.
• Drizzle enough olive oil, mixing all the ingredients to get a dressing sauce.
• Add the dressing over the veggies and garnish with olives and garlic bread cubes
• Serve

Grated carrot salad (காரட் கொச்மல்லி)

A healthy salad for the healthy soul. Nothing like eating raw grated fresh carrots, incensed with a few drops of lemon juice, herbs and spices. Power food I must say.


You need

Carrot - 2 (grated)

Green chilly - 2 (slit)

Coriander leaves (finely chopped)

Lemon juice - 1/2 lemon

Salt

For seasoning

Mustard seeds - 1 teaspoon

Urad dal - 1 teaspoon

Asafoetida - a pinch

Oil

Method

• In a bowl add the carrots, green chilly, corainder leaves and salt.
• Seasoning - In a pan add oil and splutter mustard seeds, add urad dal, a pinch of Asafoetida and pour over carrots.
• Squeeze the juice of 1/2 a lemon, mix well.
• Chill and serve