Mix Vegetable Salad

Salads are very nutritious and easy to digest. In summer having chilled salads are very refreshing and at the same time they dont make you feel heavy.

Salad should preferably be made with fresh and seasonal fruits and vegetables.When made with different colorful and seasonal vegetables it is a visual delight for the eyes too.

For weight watchers as well as health conscious people salad is a great option. So go ahead and enjoy this simple delicious salad. If necessary you can have it with bread or soup to make a complete meal.

In this salad you can add or omit the vegetables according to your choice. But make sure to add at least one fruit . This gives a natural sweetness to the salad without having to add sugar.

Ingredients :

1 no ...........................Capsicum
1 no ..........................Tomato
1 no ........................Potato (boiled )
1 no .........................Onion ( Chopped)
1/2 cup......................Cabbage ( Chopped)
1 no..........................Orange
Lemon Juice
Salt
Pepper

Method :

Wash Capsicums and tomatoes.
Remove the seeds of the capsicum and chop it into cubes.
Remove the seeds and pulp of  tomatoes and cut into cubes.
Remove the skin of potato and cut it into cubes .
Separate the segments of oranges and deseed them and make 2 to 3 peices.
Now mix all along with onions and cabbage and chill in the fridge till serving time.
At the time of serving add lemon juice, salt and pepper powder as per your need.



Note :

Adding salt in the beginning makes the salad watery .
So add salt just before serving.
This will help the salad to remain crispy.
Skinned potatoes if kept in fridge for some time become easy to cut.
The cubes retain their shape and  dont crumble.

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