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Saturday, April 3, 2010

Healthy Orange Cups



"Health" is the buzz word of Today. Presenting the same healthy ingredients with a zeal to tantalize your taste buds. Truly this is a fab idea to present a combination of veggies and fruits. Weight watchers can have this without any guilt. Moms who are always troubled by their kids for not taking their daily dose of green veggies would get respite as children and teenaged girls would dig into this yummy orange cups. Don't get scared to see the picture as its not at all a difficult task. These yummy orange cups are really easy and can be had as a snack or a starter or as a salad.

INGREDIENTS

Oranges - 2
Mixed Sprouts - 2 cups
Radish - 1/2
Carrot - 1 small
Grapes - 1/2 cup
Unpeeled Cucumber- 1
Onion - 1 small
Pomegranate Seeds - 1/2 cup
Green Chillies - 1 tsp chopped finely
Lemon Juice - 1 tblspn

salt - to taste
chat masala - to taste

for the garnish -

Raspberries - 4
Dessicated coconut

METHOD

Steam the mixed sprouts and cool.

Chop the Onion finely.

Dice the Radish, Cucumber and Carrot.

Cut the oranges into halves with a sharp knife, remove the orange segments keeping the covering intact. You may use left over oranges for preparing juice.

Take a bowl and put the mixed sprouts in it.

Add to it the radish, cucumber and the carrot.

Mix in the pomegranate seeds.

Add chopped onions.

Add chopped green chillies - can be omitted for kids.

Squeeze in the lime juice.

Add to it salt and chat masala to taste.

Mix well. Fill each orange half with the prepared mix.

Garnish with raspberry.

Sprinkle dessicated coconut for the ultimate look.

Refer picture for garnish effect.

Keep refrigerated till serving time.

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