Tomato, Basil and Fresh Mozzarella Salad
Ingredients • Buffalo milk mozzarella, or bocconcini, sliced into 0.5 cm rounds – 250g • A few fresh basil leaves, shredded for garnish • Ripe, medium-sized tomatoes sliced into 0.5 cm rounds – 3 or 4 • Sea salt • Coarsely ground black pepper • Extra-virgin olive oil – 2-3 tbsp • Large fresh basil leaves – 12-15 whole, Preparation 1. Decoratively arrange the slices of cheese, whole basil leaves and tomato...
Beet Raita
Ingredients • Raw beets, peeled, grated – 1 cup • Ghee – 2 tbsp • Mustard seeds – 1/2 tbsp • Cumin – 1/2 tsp • Small green chili, chopped – 1/2 • Curry leaves – 5 • Hing – 1 pinch • Yogurt – 1 cup • Cilantro – 1 tbsp • Salt, as desired Preparation 1. In hot ghee, fry the mustard seeds and cumin, chili and curry leaves. When the mustard seeds stop popping, add the hing. Pour...
Sweet Potato Salad in Maple-Lemon Vinaigrette
Ingredients • Sweet potatoes (about 2 pounds/1kg), washed but not peeled – 6 medium-sized • Maple syrup or honey – 4 tbsp • Orange or tangerine juice – 3 tbsp • Lemon or lemon juice – 3 tbsp • Salt – ¾ tsp • Freshly ground black pepper or 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper – ¼ tsp • Olive oil, or 2 tablespoons almond oil and 6 tablespoons sunflower oil – ½ cup • Finely chopped fresh coriander or...
Spiced Chickpea salad with Spinach
As an alternative to spinach, try red or green Swiss chard leaves-they are delicious. Because chard is not as tender as spinach, blanch or steam it for a minute or two before assembling the salad. Soaking time: 8 hours or overnight Cooking time: (after assembling ingredients): about 2 hours Ingredients • Chickpeas, soaked in water 8 hours or overnight, then drained – 1 ½ cups (290 g) • Black mustard seeds – 1 teaspoon (5...
Papaya, Avocado and Jerusalem Artichoke Salad
Ingredients • Maple syrup or honey – 3 tbsp • Lime juice – ¼ cup • Olive oil or two parts almond oil to three parts sunflower oil – 1/3 cup • Salt – ½ tsp • Yellow mustard powder – ¼ tsp • Freshly ground pepper – ¼ tsp • Chopped fresh coriander – 3 tbsp • Papaya – 1 medium-sized (about 2½ pounds/1.5 kg), peeled, halved lengthwise, seeded, sliced crosswise into 1/3 –inch (1 cm) slices and...
Apple Salad
Outside of Kashmir, where most of India’s apples are grown, the texture tends to be mealy –a sure sign of over ripening due to long storage at warm temperatures. On the whole, I do not find them as good as most. American varieties. Use any crisp salad or all-purpose apple: for example, Newton, pippin or McIntosh, which are crisp, sweet and juicy, with a tangy overtone; anything from sweet red or Golden Delicious to tart granny Smith...