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Fruit salad with honey dressing

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Couldnt help start my day with this super delicious fruit melange. The mulberry available for a limited time found its righetous place in this salad. I wanted to make a dressing to this salad as eating it becomes so much more fun when its dressed with more goodness. Do try this one and go crazy with the choice of fruits u wanna add to your mix🤩 #100saladpact Ingredients: Chai Seeds (Subza) Honey Elachi Fruits of choice Mint Mulberry 1. Dressing was made by honey, soaked chia seeds(subza) and elaichi powder. 2. Add cut fruits, mint and toss it with the dressing. 3. Add mulberry at the end as a garnish as its a very delicate fruit. Enjoy 😍

Winter delight salad

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When our local markets are loaded with fresh produce why stick to eat cut cucumbers,carrot and radish. This salad is all goodness in one bowl. Crunch from the sprouts, tartness from the citrus, colour from pomogrante and the needed chewiness from the raisins. Love it 😊 #100saladpact Ingredients : Sprouts Orange Pomogranate Black seedless raisins Rock Salt Black Pepper Pomogranate seed powder. 1. Toss some sprouts along with orange, pomogranate and black seedless raisins. 2. Season with rock salt, black pepper and some pomogranate seed powder. 3. Toss gently and enjoy 😍

Green Gram Chutney Salad

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In a day when one has back to back engagements, salads like this comes handy. Like we have salt and sugar always in our pantry, the same way i have started keeping soaked moong(greengram) in my kitchen pantry. Be it in its sprouted form or plain soaked form, this one is a saviour when it comes to filling your tummy and fulfilling your tatste buds. #100saladpact Ingredients : Mint Coriander Spinach Lemon Pepper Salt Rock Salt Sprouted Moong dal Peanuts Coconut 1.Make some green chutney using mint, coriander,spinach leaves, lime juice, pepper powder and salt. ( i didnt add green chillies as during our Sadhana days we avoid negative pranic food). 2. Toss together sprouted moong, roasted peanuts, green chutney,lime ,Rock salt and freshly grated coconut. 3. Steaming the sprouts also is an option if one doesnt want to eat it raw😍

Rajma Cabbage Salad

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Ingredients: Rajma Tomatoes Cabbage Coconut Pepper Rock Salt Lemon Coriander. 1. Soak rajma(kidneybeans) over night and boil with little rock salt. 2. Toss together the cooked rajma with some sliced desseded tomatoes,cabbage, lots of freshly grated coconut. 3. Add a good amount of freshly crushed pepper,rock salt and lime juice. 4. Toss and garnish with fresh chopped coriander leaves . Note: Be liberal with the amount of coconut you add and also make sure the rajma is boiled till its super soft.

Raddish Chole Salad

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What do we do when kids want to have Chole Puri and you want to stick to something light after a long travel? Well, todays salad was born just from this situation. Super simple, quick and something everyone should try. #100saladpact Ingredients : Chickpeas Tomatoes Raddish Anardana powder Chole masala Olive oil Pepper Lemon Coriander 1. Soak chickpeas over night and boil with little rock salt. 2. Toss together the chickpea with some , chopped tomatoes, grated radish(mooli),anardana powder, chole masala which i heated with a tsp of olive oil, freshly crused pepper and a dash of lime juice. 3. Garnish with fresh chopped coriander leaves . Note: The radish and lime is the key element to the dish.

Nutty Corn Salad

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Ingredients : Corn Kernels Walnuts Almonds Tomatoes Virgin olive oil Pepper Coriander . Boil fresh corn kernels with little rock salt and turmeric. Toss together the corn, with some crushed walnut, roasted almond, chopped tomatoes along a dash of extra virgin olive oil and freshly crused pepper. Garnish with fresh chopped coriander.

Moon Dal & Pepper's salad

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Special Salad for special occassion. Ingredients : Cucumber Red ,Yellow and Green Bell Peppers Tomatoes Peanuts Moong dal Coconut oil Mustard Urad Dal Coriander Toss together diced cucumber, yellow,green and red bell peppers along with tomatoes. Add lil soaked peanut and soaked whole sprouted moong. Temper with coconut oil, mustard and urad dal. Mix all together and garnish with grated fresh coconut and fresh coriander

Delicious Moong Dal Salad

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Ingredients: Sprouted Moong dal Peanuts Coconut Gunpowder Sambhar Masala Cooking oil. Steam Moong dal sprouts and a handful of peanuts for 2 minutes. Add 1 tsp of cooking oil along with gunpowder and dash of gun powder and freshly grated coconut.

Foxtail Millet Salad

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Healthy food need not be boring.. Ingredients : Foxtail Millet Fenugreek Baby Corn Peanuts Lemon Black Salt Coriander Chilli powder Cooked Foxtail millet tossed with sauteed fresh fenugreek leaves along with baby corn. Add steamed or soaked  peanuts, along with a dash of lemon and black salt. Note: Add some coriander & chilli powder while sauteeing the methi n babycorn...उसके बगैर कोई स्वाद नही होता😂

Diced Cucumber Charred Corn Salad.

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Ingredients : Cucumber Carrot Zucchini Charred Corn Pomogranate Coriander Desi Sesame Oil Lemon Salt Chilli Flakes. Mixed some diced cucumber, carrots, zucchini, charred corn and pomegranate seeds along with some chopped fresh coriander...the dressing was with a dash of desi sesame oil along with lemon juice,salt and roasted crushed redchilli flakes.

Corn Kernel Salad

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Simple easy to make salad Ingredients : Corn Kernels Cucumber Carrot Lettuce Pomogranate Olive oil Salt Pepper powder Mint leaves. Toss together corn kernels,chopped cucumber, garted carrot, lettuce, pomogrante seeds. Dress with olive oil,salt and pepper. Garnish with some fresh mint.

Flash stir fried Salad

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Common misconception about salad making is that it needs to be completly raw..here we go with one of the many similar salads which are going to be posted in my upcoming blogs.. Ingredients : Tomatoes Cabbage Rasam powder Black Pepper Powder Grated Coconut Cold pressed coconut oil Black Salt to taste Take a cast Iron cast iron pan place sliced tomatoes which is tossed with coarsely ground black pepper and rasam powder. Once the tomatoes are chared remove the pan from flame and add a dash of cold pressed coconut oil, black salt,freshly grated coconut and toss it with shredded cabbage for 10 sec.

Steamed Kidneybean Salad.

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Simple Sumptuous Salad Ingredients: Zucchini Brocolli  Steamed Kidney Beans Grated Carrot Grated Cheese (Optional) Sprouts Lettuce. Lemon Black Pepper Salt Toss all of them and enjoy.

Tempered Palak Crunchy Almond Salad

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Spinach and almond addition to this salad is rocking. HEALTH BHI TASTE BHI Ingredients: Capsicum   Zucchini(optional) Cucumber  Carrot  Corn  Olive oil  Toor dal Rai  Jeera  Spinach chopped Lemon  Rock Salt to taste. White pepper powder to taste Roasted Almonds 1 tbsp. Toss capsicum, cumber carrot,zuchinni(optional) and corn along with lime juice, Salt and pepper powder in a bowl and set aside. Temper with oil , rai, jeera & toordal. Add chopped spinach and remove from flame. Mix everything together and add roasted almond for the extra crunch. 

Raw Papaya Salad

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When in rush,this salad can come in just as a saviour. Ingredients: Grated Raw Papaya  Crushed roasted peanuts  Pomogranate seeds  Coriander Chopped  Lemon Juice  Rock Salt  White pepper powder  Toss together grated raw papaya, crushed raosted peanuts, limejuice( this salald calls for extra lime as it cuts through the sweetness of the papaya really well), rock salt and white pepper powder. Lastly add pomogranate seeds along with freshly chopped coriander. Note: Avoid over mixing this salad once we add the salt element to the dish...it tends to leave a lot of water and might ruin the texture🙂

Pulse Blast

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Fantastic Salad made in combination of multiple pulses with raw veg & easily available seasoning. Ingredients : Black Channa  Steamed sprouted green gram  Soaked peanuts  Olive Oil  Roasted Jeera powder to taste. Black Pepper powder to taste. Black Salt to taste. Amchoor powder to taste Zucchini 1 Red &Yellow Bell Pepper  Basil leaves few. Toss Channa dal, green gram dal and peanuts in Olive oil, add Jeera, Salt,black pepper and Aamchoor powder. Allow it to cool and then add cut vegetables (Zucchini, Red and Yellow Bell Pepper). Finally top it with Basil leaves.