Veggie and dry fruit salad with yogurt dressing || Vegetable & dry fruit salad with lemon yogurt dressing

Veggie and dry fruit salad with yogurt dressing recipe with step by step pics, youtube video and tips. Vegetable and dry fruit salad is one of our favorite salad at home. It is creamy, nutty and aromatic with the flavors of Indian spices in it. Believe me it is very filling, nutritious and gives cooling effect to your tummy instantly, i surely can say that you will love to have it regularly after tasting it once. 

Check this recipe in my youtube channel by just clicking below link :

https://youtu.be/XOxg2MObM4k

Whenever i feel my morning breakfast or even my lunch is heavy i prepare this salad. And not only that i love to have it anytime with or without yogurt dressing. We you prepare different salad dressings , yogurt dressing is one of my all time favorite and no need to tell how yummy it taste during summer sizzling hot times. During summers(in any season according to your taste)just keep it in refrigerator for sometime and have it 😋. Do check out my latest youtube videos recipes..

** kabuli chana curry video recipe in my youtube channel

https://youtu.be/1skbakUNx2U 

** Jeera rice recipe in my youtube channel

https://youtu.be/GZVaTnMqvIQ

This veggies and dry fruit salad includes different veggies like carrot,cucumber, bell pepper/ capsicum,cabbage, onion, tomato(you can include other veggies of your choice). Dry fruits which i used are just almonds, dry apricot and raisins. You can also add walnuts as per availability, fried peanuts added in it gives good crunchy taste and aroma. Coming to yogurt dressing, i added pepper powder and cumin powder . You can herbs, even olive oil for extra taste. We use all raw veggies in this salad, you do not feel raw kind of taste because of yogurt creamy texture. Do watch my youtube for full detailed recipe.Do not forgot to subscribe my  youtube channel Vasus vegkitchen & press bell button to get new recipe notifications.

Taking this healthy, tasty and nutritious vegetable and dry fruit salad with yogurt dressing to Shhhhh Secretly Cooking Challenge fb group started by Priya of Priyas Versatile Recipes and taken further till date by Mayuri di who blogs at Mayuris jikoni. We completed recipes from all states from A to Z, so now admin team and members decided a new interesting way for monthly theme that is - one group member in alphabetical order will suggest theme. Later admin team will pair interested members, then we both share 2 secret ingredients among us and prepare recipe using it and all other members will guess it. This month theme suggested by Kalyani Sri, who blogs at Sizzlingtastebuds, do check her space for wonderful recipes, bookmarked her sugar free lemon iced tea to try soon. This month i am paired with Priya VijayaKrishnan who blogs at "SweetSpicyTasty", do check her space for traditiaonal tamil nadu recipes and recipes from different regions. Bookmarked her jain falafel recipe to try soon. Priya gave me coriander leaves and peanuts as two secret ingredients, with which i prepared this salad recipe. Both the ingredients added good taste and aroma to my salad. In turn i gave her pepper powder and lemon juice, Priya prepared sweet corn salad - vegan recipe. Do check her space for tasty recipes.

Let's start recipe..

                          Vegetable and dry fruit salad with yogurt dressing 

Preparation time : 20 min
Cook Time : 15 minutes
Serves : 1 bowl
Category : Salad 
Recipe Cuisine: Indian 
Main ingredient: vegetables, dry fruits and yogurt
Author : Aruna SarasChandra

Ingredients

Onion - 1

tomato - 1

carrot -1 

cucumber - 1 

cabbage - 1/2 cup

capsicum - 3/4 (you can use red , yellow bell pepper's if available)

sweet corn - 1/2 cup

lemon juice - 2 tsp 

Almonds - 10

dry apricot - 4

kismis - 10

peanuts - 1/4 cup

For yogurt dressing

yogurt - 1 cup

salt as per taste

pepper powder - 1 tsp(adjust)

roasted cumin powder - 1/2 tsp

honey - 1 & 1/2 tsp

Instructions

1) Take a cotton cloth or muslin cloth pour yogurt/curd tie it and hang it for 30 minutes to removes excess water from curd.

                   

2) Boil sweet corn in excess water for few minute. Do not overcook, sweetcorn taste well when it is crunchy.

3) Take a pan fry 1.4 cup of ground nuts till it changes and keep it aside.

4) clean veggies in water, cut all the veggies into thin equal strips(julienne cut) and take it into bowl. Add pinch of salt and lemon juice saute everything well, close the lid and keep it aside.

                                     

5) finely chop almonds,dry apricot and keep it aside.

6) remove groundnuts skin and crush it coarsely and keep it aside.

7) Yogurt will be thick now, remove it from cloth and take it into bowl. Add pepper powder, roasted cumin powder, salt, honey and mix everything well.

8) Add chopped dry fruits(almonds, dry apricot, raisins) mix well.

9) Now add finely chopped vegetables, saute everything well. 

                                       

10) Adjust pepper powder and salt according to your taste. At last add crushed peanut and finely saute everything well. 

Our salad is ready, keep salad in fridge for an hour and serve chilled. Decorate salad as per your taste and enjoy.

Tips

** Add veggies according to your taste and availability.

**You can skip dry fruits of your choice, you can also add walnuts .

** Use thick and sweet curd to get creamy texture and good taste.

** You can skip adding honey.

** Serve it cool or as it. 

** You can also add Italian herbs, red chili flakes in it.

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Gobi Manchurian, how to make gobi manchurian dry at home

Today's special is most awaited Indo Chinese - Gobi Manchurian. No need to to give introduction about this recipe, as it is famous and most popular street food liked by all ages. My younger brother Ram is very big fan of gobi manchurian, can say he is die hard fan of it😍. We can prepare gobi manchurian in two ways dry and gravy. Today i am dry (semi dry) version gobi manchurian recipe with you all. Trust me it is very easy to prepare at home if you have sauces like soya, red and green chilli sauces. Instead of maida i used rice flour and corn flour which gave same crispy taste. Try to prepare this gobi manchurian at home and make your family happy mainly kids. Gobi Manchurian taste crispy and yummy when it is hot, plan accordingly.

Taking this recipe to Foodie Monday Blog Hop fb group's #232GoForGobi theme.This week theme was suggested by Sasmita, she blogs at "Firsttimercook". She is a wonderful and talented chef i love photography and presentation skills they are very attractive. Check out her space for different varieties of recipes from different regions and Odisha cuisines. This week Sasmita suggested us to prepare recipe using gobi as main in it. So i decided to prepare this gobi manchurian recipe. I bookmarked her valentine special cake and lemon crinkle cookies to try it soon. Do check her blog for yummy food mesmerising pics.

                               

  

                                Gobi Manchurian 

Preparation Time : 10 minutes
Cook Time : 20  minutes
Serves : 2
Category : Snacks/Starters
Recipe Cuisine: Indo-Chinese
Main ingredients : gobi/cauliflower
Author : Aruna SarasChandra

Ingredients 

to boil gobi

Cauliflower - 20 florets 
water - 5 cups
salt - 1 pinch

to prepare batter & gobi balls

corn flour - 3/4 cup
rice flour - 1/4 cup
red chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
ginger garlic paste -1/2 tsp(i did not added)
pepper powder - pinch(optional)
salt - as per taste
oil- to deep fry

to prepare manchurian sauce (**Check tips)

oil- 2 tsp
garlic - 4 cloves
ginger - inch
green chilli - 2
onions - 1/2 cup (finely chopped)
spring onion whites - 1/2 cup
spring onion greens - 1/4 cup
pepper powder - 1/2 tsp
soya sauce - 2 tsp
green chilli sauce - 1 tsp
red chilli sauce - 1 tsp
tomato sauce - 1 tsp
vinegar - 2 tsp
salt as per taste

others

corn flour - 1 tsp
water - 1/4 cup
spring onion greens - to garnish

Instruction

1) wash cauliflower florets in water, boil 4 to 5 cups of water by adding salt. Then add gobi and boil for 2 to 3 minutes and drain out water and spread on wet towel.

2)Heat oil to deep rice, take rice flour, corn flour, salt, red chilli and pepper powder in a bowl. Then add water and prepare smooth batter without any lumps.

3)Check oil heat by dropping some batter, then deep boil gobi in batter and drop it in oil. Fry gobi on low to medium flames till it changes color and fry well.

4) Take the above in a plate and repeat the same process for remaining. In a cup add corn flour and water mix it well and keep it aside.

                  

5) Now we prepare manchurian sauce, heat oil in a wide and thick bottom pan. add finely chopped ginger and garlic fry it well. then add green chillies, onions, spring onion whites, half portion of spring onion greens fry it on high flames.

6) Now add all the sauces, vinegar and pepper powder one after other and mix it well. Add slurry corn flour adjust salt and mix everything well on medium to high flames.

7) Add above fried gobi in the sauce and mix it well till gobi coated well with sauce uniformly. Then switch off the flames and garnish it with spring onion greens.

That's it hot and yummy gobi manchurian is ready to serve. Serve it with onion rounds, lemon pieces , red and green chilli sauces. Enjoy it with your family and friends 😍. I had it with veg rice 😋.

Tips

** Clean gobi florets properly and add salt while boiling to avoid pesticides.

** Do not boil gobi for long time, gobi do not taste crunchy if we boil gobi too smooth.

** Make sure to spread boiled gobi on kitchen towel to avoid water in gobi.

** We can also add capsicum at step 5.

** If you are planning to use maida, then add 3/4 cup of maida and 1/4 cup of corn flour(adjust accordingly).

** As we have salt in sauces, take care while adding salt.

** Adjust sauce quantity according to the quantity of gobi you used.

** Soya sauce is must to get perfect taste in manchurian, if you have only red/green chilli no probs use anyone. You can also add schezwan chutney in this. 

** Make sure to serve immediately after preparing manchurian to get crispy and yummy taste.

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