Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Spicy Cucumber & Mixed Veggies Salad

Even the weather is quite chilled outside, we never stopped having our usual salads, few days back i prepared a quick,easy breezy salad with cucumber,tomatoes,sweet corns,cooked chickpeas and red bellpepper which i spiced with red chilly powder, dry herbs,mayonnaise and crushed garlic, needless to say that this salad tastes absolutely fabulous,mildly spicy and definitely flavourful..You can have this colourful and easy salad  anytime of the day, obviously a prefect,refreshing salad for hot summer lunch or for dinner,you can also carry them in ur lunch box..Sending this salad to A Veggie/Fruit for a month-Cucumber guest hosted by Richa,event by Priya and to Jyoti's Healthy & Hearty,Vardhini's U event..
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1no Cucumber (medium size & cubed)
2nos Tomatoes (cubed)
1/2cup Sweet corn kernels
1/2cup Cooked chickpeas
1no Red bellpepper (cubed)
2nos Garlic cloves (crushed)
1/2tsp Kashmiri red chilly powder
1tsp Dry parsley leaves
Salt
2tbsp Mayonnaise
1tsp Oil

Mix together the crushed garlic cloves,red chilly powder, dry parsley leaves,mayonnaise,salt and oil in a bowl and keep aside..

Meanwhile take all the veggies in a bowl, add the already prepared spicy dressing to the prepared salad as per need and serve immediately..

52 comments:

Shilpakiran said...

salads are always good for health and this one looks really healthy thanks for sharing

Sangeetha Nambi said...

Tempting me !

gardenerat60 said...

The most common salad looks colorful and most delicious. Mayonnaise?(egg)? do we have to make it and add?

faseela said...

lovely, healthy salad..........

Kurinji said...

yummy and healthy salad..

Abhilash Pillai said...

healthy salad Priya

~Lexibule~ said...

A salad as I love them:) Good Tuesday! xxx

Santosh Bangar said...

healthy tempting colorfulsalad

Lizy said...

absolutely mouth watering...loved the sprinkle of chili powder.

Ramya said...

healthy and colourful salad

garlutti said...

Thank you for your recipes, this salad is great, HAPPY NEW YEAR 2102 ENTRY .. I also invite you to my apple pie ... kisses Marimi

Mary said...

What a colorful salad. It looks beautiful and sounds delicious. I hope you have a good day. Blessings...Mary

Jaleela said...

very healthy and colourful salad priya

Kalpana Sareesh said...

wow such an eye catchy click n yummy healthy salad Priya Jee..

Now Serving said...

That looks wholesome and yum, Priya! Could do with a bowl like that for lunch today :)

Now Serving said...

That looks wholesome and yum, Priya! Could do with a bowl like that for lunch today :)

S.Menaga said...

salad looks wonderful..love this spicy method!!

Hamaree Rasoi said...

Delicious and colorful looking salad. Wonderful preparation.

Deepa
Hamaree Rasoi

sangee vijay said...

this looks hearty and healthy, flavorful too...looking so nice n colorful!!
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Happy Cook / Finla said...

I am not a huge cicumber fan well atleast not the one we get here, i lov emuch more the ones we get in India. But i think made like this i would like.

Latha said...

Healthy and colorful salad...YUM!

Aarthi said...

I love this..Thanks for the recipe..This looks mouthwatering

Aarthi
http://yummytummy-aarthi.blogspot.com/

Julie said...

Very healthy n delicious!!

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Vidhya said...

Sounds so very refreshing and yummy.

Uma said...

These days I started to hunt easy salad recipe despite of the weather. very refreshing salad priya.

Swati Sapna said...

I have been carrying a very similar salad every day to work for my evening snack! Tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, green tomatoes and chickpeas. With a dressing of vinegar, balsamic vinegar, olive oil, salt and pepper. Its super tasty, just like yours im sure :)

Mimi said...

What a refreshing salad.
Mimi

Nada said...

Miam Miam...

Poonam Borkar said...

That looks yummy and healthy too!!

Reshmi Mahesh said...

Healthy and colorful salad...

Swathi said...

Delicious salad I love to try it.

NiVi said...

healthy salad to fit in lunch box... :)

Smitha said...

A colorful looking delicious salad!

Priyanka Agrawal said...

looks yummy, plz pass me some

Pushpa said...

Delicious and refreshing salad Priya.

Torviewtoronto said...

delicious looking flavourful combination

Anu said...

very healthy and nice post..

Elisabeth said...

Priya-this healthy, colorful, and fresh yummy salad, is being added to my list of healthy recipes!
Thanks for sharing, absolutely love it:DDD

Sravs said...

healthy salad with spicy touch !!

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Sum said...

Nice healthy salad...

Gopika Ram said...

Woww.. thats one yummy and healthy looking dish :)

Ganga Sreekanth said...

so tempting preperation...healthy

Valarmathi Sanjeev said...

Lovely salad recipe....looks yumm.

Shanthi said...

Such a healthy and colourful salad

Gayathri NG said...

healthy n refreshing salad...

Treat and Trick said...

So colorful and healthy salad!


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divya said...

Woww.. .mouth watering here.. looks absolutely delicious and healthy..

Sensible Vegetarian said...

Looks superb so refreshing.

Laavanya said...

That looks awesome.. can't wait to try it.

Sharmilee! :) said...

Colorful n healthy salad

Vardhini said...

Love salads .. yummy. Thx for linking to the event.

Vardhini
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