Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Cucumber, Bell Pepper, Scallion & Coconut Salad

 Do you love fresh raw vegetables and include salad as a part of your every day meal. Then this recipe is definitely for you. I try to include at least one raw vegetable dish as part of our meal and in order not to get bored, I try a variety of them. This simple salad is perfect for any body including carb watchers. Made with all low GI vegetables, these are perfect even for people on a diet plan.  Do try this out and let me know how you liked it.



Preparation Time - 10 Minutes

Cooking Time - 2 Minutes

Serves - 2





Ingredients



Cucumber - 1

Yellow bell pepper - 1 (Small)

Scallion - 1 bunch

Grated coconut - 2 Tbsp

Salt - 1/2 tsp or to taste

Lemon Juice - 1 Tsp or to taste

Freshly ground pepper - 1/2 Tsp or to taste

Chopped cilantro - 1 Tbsp



Tempering



Coconut oil - 1 Tsp

Asafoetida powder - pinch (avoid this in case of gluten intolerance)

Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp



Method



1) Wash all the vegetables, peel and chop the cucumber into small pieces. De seed the yellow bell pepper and chop into fine pieces. Remove the root of the scallion and chop the white portion and little bit of green portion alone into pieces.



2) Combine cucumber, yellow bell pepper, scallion, grated coconut, salt, lemon juice, chopped cilantro and freshly ground pepper and keep it aside.



3) Heat a small pan and once it is hot, add the oil. After the oil is warm, add the mustard seeds and once the mustard seeds stop spluttering add the asafoetida powder and transfer the tempering to the salad.

Combine well and enjoy.



15 comments:

Madhu said...

Looks refreshing. I like the addition of the fresh coconut in the salad

Vimitha Anand said...

Thats a very refreshing salad dear.. So much flavors in it...

Reshmi Mahesh said...

Yummy and refreshing...

Sobha Shyam said...

this looks great dear..so fresh, colourful and tasty salad..

SravsCulinaryConcepts said...

wow nice and wonderful salad !! very interesting !!

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Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal said...

wow, how yummy, I love the idea of adding coconut as it is a very new ingredient for a salad (at least I never saw it before).

Vidhya said...

This looks so refreshing and yummy will surely try this out.

GEETHA ACHAL said...

கலர்புல்லான சத்தான சாலட்...எனக்கு ரொம்ப பிடித்து இருக்கு...இதுவரை இதில் தேங்காய் சேர்த்து செய்ததில்லை..அடுத்த முறை கண்டிப்பாக செய்து பார்க்கிறேன்...

ஒவ்வொரு குறிப்புகளுமே அருமை...

Prathibha said...

very refreshing salad,nice use of ingredients..:)

Hari Chandana said...

Healthy and colorful salad.. looks gr8 !!
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jeyashrisuresh said...

wow yummy salad and wonderful click

divya said...

Wowww.. Delicious looking salad.. Simply inviting dear.

Prathima Rao said...

Crunch & Refreshing..Love it!!
Prathima Rao
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Mugdha said...

fresh, colourful and tasty salad

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