Corn & pepper Salad

We once had a salad from a chat place in California. It was a really simple, yet tasty one. Even my kids (who are usually not very fond of salads) loved it. So, I decided to re-create it at home.

When I made this for some friends of my husband's from work though, I skipped the chat masala and lime juice.

Difficulty level: Easy

Preparation time: 15 min

Cooking time: Nil

Makes: 8- 10 servings

Ingredients:

Cooked corn: 2 cups

Bell pepper: 1 big, diced to the same size as corn kernels

Salt, pepper: to taste

Chat masala: 1 tsp

Lime juice: 3/4 tsp

Mix everything well, and serve warm or cold.

Caprese salad

We have had this at many restaurants and so decided to make it at home. It is easy to prepare, yet elegant and crowd-pleasing.

I did not have fresh basil in hand , and so used the dry leaves.

Difficulty level: Easy
Preparation time: 10 min
Makes: 2-3 servings

Ingredients:


Tomatoes: 2 medium
Fresh Mozzarella cheese: 8 oz.(about 225 gms)
Fresh basil leaves: 8-10 leaves
Olive oil: to drizzle
Salt, pepper to taste

Cut the tomatoes and cheese to 1/4" slices. Arrange on a platter and keep a basil leaf on each. Drizzle olive oil. Add salt and pepper to taste.

Sprout Chat Salad

The sprouts that I was making for another recipe reminded my husband of a sprout chat that he used to have in college. Apparently, there was a vendor inside the IIT Delhi campus that made a great chat using sprouts. This is my attempt to recreate the same.

This is a light and colorful salad that is really easy to make.

Difficulty level: Easy
Preparation time: 20 min
Makes: 2 servings

Ingredients:


Moong dal (green gram) sprouts: 1 cup
Onion: 1/2 of a medium
Tomato: 1/4 of a medium
Lime juice: 1 1/2 tsp
Chat masala: 3/4 tsp
Salt, pepper: to taste

Slice the onion and tomato to small pieces (about the same size as the sprouts). I like to mix the onion with 1 tsp lime juice and a pinch of salt about 10min before I start preparing the rest of the salad. Mix it with the rest of the ingredients. No special garnish is needed as the salad itself is colourful.