Around The World On Your Plate

Ingredients : 1 cup chopped lettuce 1 cucumber shopped 1 carrot grated 1/4 cup red onion chopped 1 tomato chopped 1 sprig cilantro chopped Salt as needed 2 teaspoon tamarind and dates chutney 1 teaspoon spicy coriander chutney 1/4 cup puffed rice Nilon sev to garnish Haldirams Moong dal to taste Nuts or fried green peas to garnish Method : Toss all the ingredients except the sev and nuts. Mix well and garnish with sev and nuts. Serve immediately.

Ingredients: 3 eggplants quartered lengthwise with the stem attached 1 teaspoon garlic minced 1/3 cup cilantro and parsley chopped 1 teaspoon red chilli powder 1 teaspoon cumin powder 1 tablespoon olive oil Salt as needed Canola or vegetable oil as needed frying Method: Slit eggplant lengthwise either half or to quarter depending on the thickness. Heat canola oil and shallow/deep fry the eggplant until completely cooked. Transfer to a plate lined with paper towel to absorb excess oil. For the sauce: You can either add raw garlic and spices or saute it. If you wish to saute, just add garlic along with spices to a tablespoon of oil heating on a medium flame and saute until it's cooked. Combine cilantro, parsley, salt, lemon juice, olive oil and sauted garlic and spices and mix. Coat the eggplants with the mix and serve with some bread or couscous. Notes: I used Japanese eggplants for this recipe, but any eggplant with less amo...

Ingredients: 1/2 cup pasta cooked 1 tomato chopped 1/4 of cucumber chopped 1/4 cup lettuce chopped fine Olives whole or sliced Cilantro to garnish 2 eggs chopped Dressing: 1/4 cup lemon juice 2 tablespoons olive oil Dried oregano, basil and parsley to taste Salt and red pepper flakes to taste 1/4 teaspoon of onion powder Method: Mix all the dressing ingredients and whisk it until well combined and set aside. In a big bowl, toss all the veggies with pasta and eggs and drizzle the salad dressing on top.  The amount you add is to taste. Garnish with cilantro and serve. Notes: You can serve this salad chilled. Before serving, add some toasted nuts like peanuts or pine nuts.