Chatpata Mango Salad

Salads form a very important part of our meal. Preparing the salad with the seasonal fruits and vegetables is my forte and hence I thought to put down the recipe of  Chatpata Mango Salad. In summer one must have cooling agents. Cucumber and Mint (Pudina) are great cooling agents. Mango the king of fruits forms an integral part of this recipe. Use salt carefully as already chat masala is being used.

Ingredients -

Ripe Mango-Diced- 1
Grapes - 2 tblspn

Roasted/Crushed Peanuts - 2 tbspn

Chopped Onions - 1

Chopped Mint (Pudina) - 1 tblspn

Cucumber Sliced (Kakdi) - 1

Lime Juice - 1 tbspn

Finely Chopped Chillies - 1 small

Sugar - a pinch

Chat Masala - 2 -3 tbspn

Salt - to taste

Method-

1. In a deep bowl place the mangoes.

2. Add to it grapes, onions, cucumber, mint and chillies.
3. Sprinkle half of the peanuts. Put the chaat masala and salt.
4. Mix well. Add to it sugar and lime juice.
5. Mix well.
6. Place the mixture in a serving bowl.
7. Sprinkle remaining roasted peanuts as garnish.
8. Place mint leaves on top.
9. Serve Cool.

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.