Sunday, January 24, 2010

10 Minutes Indian Style Salad


This Indian style salad is a perfect option for busy days, Salad is always less on calories and a good replacement for junk food. It is ready under 10 minutes if you have all the ingredients in your pantry.

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 5 minutes

Serving 2-3

Ingredients

  • Light Honey Mustard Salad Dressing
  • Onion - 1 small finely Chopped
  • Tomato - 1 small chopped
  • Spinach - 1 bunch
  • Garbanzo beans - 2/3 cup (Boiled/Canned)
  • Oil - 1 Tsp
  • Cumin Seeds - ½ Tsp
  • Mustard Seeds - ½ Tsp
  • Salt - as per taste

Dressing (Mix the following in a bowl to make dressing)

  • Balsamic Vinaigrette Salad Dressing:- 1 Tbsp
  • Ginger (thinly sliced):- 1 Tsp
  • Olive Oil:- ¼ cup
  • Chaat Masala (Available at Indian Grocery Store):- ½ Tsp
  • Salt & Black Pepper (as per taste)
  • Lemon Juice of half Lemon
  • Sugar - 1 Tsp

Procedure

  1. Heat 1 Tsp of oil in a non-stick skillet, add cumin & mustard seeds and allow it to splutter. Add Garbanzo beans, salt and mix everything well. Sauté for about 2 minutes and keep it aside.
  2. Take a Salad plate, place a handful of salad , sprinkle some onion and tomato and put half of the garbanzo beans.
  3. Pour some dressing (made earlier) over it with splash of Light Honey Mustard Salad Dressing..
  4. Serve at room temperature.





41 comments:

  1. wow..salad looks so tempting and healthy!!....yummy n delicious!

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  2. This is really quick and easy...yum..yum..

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  3. wow!! collourful salad and simple dear!!

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  4. i love the addition of chickpeas!

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  5. Salad looks colourful and delightful..

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  6. the salad sounds delicious and well seasoned too !!!

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  7. I love this salad...healthy and tempting:)

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  8. Hi. The salad looks sooooo gooooood, I am drooling over it. The balsamic vinegar must have given it a nice flavour.

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  9. This is really healthy, what you use for making the salad?

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  10. What a healthy salad and so easy to make. Great !!

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  11. East and west perfectly combined, good job.

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  12. Superb' ...yummo', very fulfilling salad.

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  13. Very colorful & delicious salad.

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  14. I love garbonzo beans salad...nice addittion of spinach to it....

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  15. love such delicious indian salads! very nice addition of chaat masala.. looks delicious!

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  16. very healthy..and ready in minutes !!! nice pic

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  17. looks so colorful n very quick recipe too! Gr8 one!
    Renuka
    http://cookingyummy.blogspot.com/

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  18. Looks wonderful!!Best of it, its so easy:)

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  19. very healthy salad dear. Love its Indian touch very much.

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  20. This is so yummy and healthy salad.

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  21. Very colorful and healthy salad...I love the Indian touch to this :)

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  22. This I gotta make! 10 minutes flat and with my favorite flavors ... absolutely delicious Preety!

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  23. I love honey mustard dressing and always add it to my salads :-)
    Looks very colorful and fulfilling!

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  24. Healthy and colorful salad Preeti.

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  25. Loved your salad, very colorful and obviously healthy !

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  26. Very colourful...awesome click...following you...

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  27. Hi...first time here.........
    Liked your blog.....good recipes and clicks....
    Lovely salad.....tasty, healthly and yummy......the click is great with rainbow of colors........

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  28. healthy and yummy salad..loved the way you twisted the dressing with chaat masala :-)

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  29. How funny! I am making a salad that looks like yours, except it is made with radish greens!

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  30. Salad looks colourful, yummy and mouth watering. Lovely recipe.

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  31. very colourful salad...very healthy...i'm salad fan...going very green..:))

    cheers

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  32. Nice colors and a very healthy salad to have!!!

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  33. wow, this is really quick and colorful..

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  34. Simple and a healthy salad. Looks very tempting with the greens n lentils!

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