Salads/ Side dishes for Rainy Season

**Alan** · 27th May 2006, 01:59 PM

What salads are best for rainy season? Pls give the recipes for the same.
Thankyou,
Alan!

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**ayeshasadique** · 27th May 2006, 04:11 PM

PASTA SALAD

cooked penne pasta - 1/2 cup
green bell pepper - 1, cut into strips, stir fry for less than a minute
red bell pepper - 1, cut into strips, stir fry for less than a minute
minced garlic - 1 clove
sweet corn kernels - 1/4 cup, cooked/raw
feta cheese cubes - 1/4 cup (optional)
any beans or a mix of beans (chick peas, red kidney beans, etc) - 1/2 cup, cooked
a handful of torn spinach and / rocket leaves
olives - 1/4 cup, pitted
finely chopped parsley - 2 tbsp
juice of 1/2 a lemon
olive oil
chilli powder , pepper powder and salt

Toss all together.
serve warm.

**ayeshasadique** · 27th May 2006, 04:19 PM

ROASTED VEGGIE SALAD

Heat the oven to 200 degree C.

Take 2 bell peppers, 2 carrots, 2 onions, 1 brinjal, 2 zucchinis, a few sticks celery, 2 turnips and 4 baby potatoes. (add any veggie of ur choice)

Peel where necessary and cut all the vegetables into 5cm chunks.
Cut the potatoes in half.

Drizzle over 5-6 tbsp extra virgin olive oil and 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar. Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper.

Bake until tender - about 30 to 45 minutes.

Mix in some chopped lettuce with the roasted vegetables and drizzle over with all the cooking juices.

serve warm.

**Alan** · 27th May 2006, 05:45 PM

Thanks Ayesha!

**ayeshasadique** · 28th May 2006, 02:39 AM

hot soups during winter/rainy season is what I prefer...

And garma garam bhajiyas,.yummmmmm

**dev** · 17th October 2006, 12:57 PM

Reviving the thread for Badri...

**Badri** · 17th October 2006, 01:54 PM

Thanks, Dev. Will get some salad recipes from my wife and post them here. But there is so little activity here!! People are not interested in salads, I guess!

**Anoushka** · 19th October 2006, 08:02 PM

my favourite salad is

olives, baby tomatoes (optional), lettuce, cucumber, spring onions, feta cheese, peppers (capsicum) - any colour with salt and pepper - you can always add salad dressing if you want!

**Badri** · 20th October 2006, 07:05 AM

Aah! Anu, you have stolen the very recipe I wanted to post here! But, to add to your recipe, a bit of olive oil goes a long way!!

**Anoushka** · 20th October 2006, 04:13 PM

Badri-Na

My friend adds her own salad dressing which is a mixture of olive oil, vinegar, a pinch of salt, a pinch of sugar and some crushed garlic to this salad