Tantalising Pachadis & Salads for the weight-watchers

Waldorf Salad - here, summer is starting!!

Diced apple - 1 ½ cups


Diced pineapple - 1 ½ cups


Shredded cabbage - 1 cup


Orange segments - 1 cup


Walnuts, halved - few


Malai or cream - ½ cup


Lime juice - 2 tsp


Salt, pepper.


You can use fresh sweet pineapple or tinned ones.


Smear apple pieces with lime juice to prevent discolouration.

 

Simple Salad - makes a meal!!

Chopped tomatoes, cucumber, lettuce, pineapple, grapes, walnuts.
No dressing is necessary for home use.

 

Cabbage-Orange Salad - ideal for dieters.

Toss together & chill:

Grated green cabbage

Grated violet cabbage

grated carrot

Orange segments

 

Mexican Salad - colourful, filling & delicious.

Deep fried bread cubes

Boiled, peeled & cubed potato (firm)

Strips of capsicum

Round thin slices of big onion

Dressing:

Mix 2 tsp vinegar+salt+sugar+1 tsp olive oil & minced garlic.

Pour dressing over the salad & sprinkle red chilli powder.

 

Rajma-Macaroni Salad - yet another meal-in-a-dish.

Rajma, soaked overnight & boiled wth a pinch of salt - ½ cup

Boiled macaroni - ½ cup

Chopped carrots, pineapple, capsicum and tomato

Dressing:

Orange juice + lime juice + powdered sugar + mustard powder _ salt + pepper powder.

Chill salad & dressing separately & mix when serving.

 

Cucumber Raitha - my version is different!

This goes with stuffed parathas besides rice+vathakzambu or rice+mulagootal.

Mix together:

Churned thick curds - 1 cup

Finely chopped (not grated) cucumber - 3/4 cup

salt, sugar, red chilli powder

Garnish with:

Coarsely powdered peanuts + chopped coriander

 

Potato - Pineapple Raitha - substitutes a meal!!

Mix together & chill:

Boiled potato cubes - 1 cup

Pineapple pieces - 1 cup (lightly steamed)

Curds - 1 cup

Coriander leaves - 2 tbsp

Salt, chilli powder

To temper - mustard seeds in 1/2 tsp oil (optional)

 

Red Pumpkin Raita - with sev ‘thrown in’!

Finely chopped kaddu/red pumpkin - 1 cup

Fresh curds - 1 cup

Thick coconut milk - 2 tbsp ( for a nice flavor)optional, ocourse!

Amchur powder, black salt, red chilli powder, salt

Sev - to garnish

Steam kaddu pieces & cool.

Mix with all other ingredients,chill & serve.

 

Mango-Ginger-Garlic Pachadi - Call this a chutney as well!

Of late, this has become my favourite! :biggrin2:
This has a sweet & sour taste & goes well with all tiffins, specially idli/dosai.

Select a mango which is not very sour, but just medum or sligt;y sour. Deskin & chop into small slices. For sweetness, use jaggery/sugar. I used the former.

Chopped mango - 1 cup

Sugar/jiggery - 2-3 tbsp or to taste

Red chillies - 2-3

Ginger - 3 cms

Garlic chopped - 3 tsp

Salt

To temper:

Oil - 1 tsp

Mustard seeds - 1 tsp

Boil sugar/jaggery in 1 cup of water.

When dissolved, grind red chillies+ginger+garlic, using a little of that water.

Add mangoes, paste & salt.

Cook till mangoes are tender & slightly mushy.

Temper as given.

 

Colourful Salad - mix & match!!

Toss together cubes of
Toamto - deseeded
Pineapple
Cucmber
paneer

To with plain salt & pepper.