Popy Foods

Archive for the ‘salads’ Category

Pineapple Salad:

The healthy and delicious Pineapple Salad is prepared by following below recipe.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup of pineapple pieces
• 1-orange
• 1 cup of watermelon pieces
• 1-guava

For garnishing:

• 2 teaspoon of sugarless cream
• 2 teaspoon of tutti-fruity

Procedure:

• Cut the pineapple into small pieces.
• Take out the peel of orange and cut it into small pieces.
• Cut the pieces of water melon slightly greater than orange and pineapple.
• Cut the guava too in the same way.
• Take all these pieces into a bowl and pour some cream on them.
• Now the tasty pineapple salad is ready to eat.

The Pineapple salad is very good to health as it is made using fruits. A pineapple is rich in vitamin C, calcium, potassium and fiber. It helps in strengthening of bones and is good solution for curing cold and coughs. This pineapple salad is a fiber rich salad and helps in decreasing weight and also controls indigestion problems.

Watermelon salad is prepared in mostly in summer as the the main ingredient used in it is the watermelon which is very healthy as an average watermelon contains 92% water content, no cholesterol and a source of vitamin C. To prepare the watermelon salad follow the following recipe.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup of watermelon
• Half cup of musk melon
• Mint leaves
• 1 tablespoon of curd
• Salt to taste

Procedure:

• This can be prepared very easily.
• Take the pieces of watermelon and muskmelon into a bowl.
• Add mint leaves, curd and salt to them.
• Now, the watermelon salad is ready.You can add onions and other ingredients of your wish to make it even more tastier.

Generally, when watermelon is consumed, seeds are thrown away but the seeds contain many medicinal values. So, it is necessary to intake seeds too. Muskmelon seeds can also be consumed. First, keep them in sunlight and when they get dried these can be made into powder and can be used.

Ingredients:

• 1-pomegranate
• 1 cup of sweet corn
• 1/2 banana
• 1 cup of grapes
• 1/2 guava
• 10 dates

Procedure:

• The taste of sweet corn should be sweet. This is also called as American corn.
• This is available at vegetable and fruit markets.
• Mix one cup of sweet corn with one cup of pomegranate seeds.
• Cut the banana and guava into small pieces.
• Now mix this guava and banana pieces with sweet corn mixture.
• Cut the seedless dates into small pieces.
• Mix these dates pieces with sweet corn mixture.
• Pomegranate sweet corn salad is now ready to eat.

The pomegranate sweet corn salad is highly nutritional food as it is prepared out of many fruits which are always good to health. This salad is rich in high levels of antioxidants and reduces cholesterol in the body.

Ingredients

• 1 cup of boiled potatoes
• One-third cup of lime juice
• 2 teaspoons of olive oil
• 1 teaspoon of mustard powder
• Salt to taste
• 1 cup of green peas
• 4 pieces of neatly dressed and boiled tuna fish
• 1/2 teaspoon of black pepper
• 1/2 cup of cherry tomatoes

Procedure

• This is an easy salad to prepare.
• Take boiled potatoes, green peas, tuna fish and cherry tomatoes into a large bowl.
• Add some lime juice, olive oil, mustard powder, black pepper and some salt to taste the above mixture.
• Finally, this tasty salad is sufficient for four persons.

Nutritional values

• Energy-427cal
• Fat-15g
• Proteins-40g
• Flour materials-32g
• Fiber-5.5g
• Cholesterol-58g
• Sodium-566mg

In addition to these, it consists of omega-3 fatty acids, B-12 vitamins in large amounts. These helps in improving the memory power.

Tomato Avocado Salad
The primary ingredients used in the preparation of this salad include tomato and avocado. Along with vitamins-A, K, C; potassium and phosphorous are also present in tomato. This not only purifies blood but also prevents the diseases related to liver and heart. Avocado has the quality of lessening the weight. It helps in digestion process. The flour materials which are needed by the body are gained by the germinating seeds. As all these contain large no of good qualities, if a salad is consumed which is made up of all these materials then body gets large amounts of energy.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup of sliced tomatoes
• 1 avocado which is cut in the middle and made into two pieces.
• One-fourth cup of germinating seeds
• 1/2 teaspoon lime juice
• 1 teaspoon of vinegar

Procedure:

• Take a small bowl.
• Mix small pieces of sliced tomato and germinating seeds together in the bowl.
• Add some salt to taste, black pepper, lime juice and vinegar to the above mixture.
• Mix them well.
• Stuff this mixture in the avocado pieces.
• Now Tomato-avocado salad is ready to serve.

Ingredients:

Beetroot Salad
Beet root has got a quality of purifying blood. It contains vitamin-C, potassium, folic acid in large amount. If this juice is consumed daily it prevents growth of cancer cells. Since it doesn’t get digested easily water should be consumed in large amounts. Now let’s see the recipe for making beetroot salad.

Ingredients to be used include,

• 1 cup of chopped beetroot
• 2 teaspoon of sliced tomato
• 1 teaspoon of chopped coriander leaves
• Half teaspoon of lime juice
• Salt to taste
• Little amount of oil to sauté
• Mustard seeds
• Cumin seeds
• Dry red chilies

Preparation steps include,

• Take chopped beet root into a clean bowl.
• Add tomato and coriander to it.
• Add lime juice, little amount of salt to taste and stir the mixture.
• Heat the oil in a pan and add mustard, cumin seeds and dry red chilies.
• When the above mixture gets fried, add this mixture to the beet root mixture.
• Beetroot salad is ready to eat.

Some people don’t find time to prepare. So, it is better for them to prepare in large amount and can be stored in refrigerator for two to three days. Diabetic patients should not consume it as it leads to increase in diabetes rather than controlling it.

Ingredients:

• 10 sliced strawberries
• 1 cup of grapes
• 1/2 cup of guava
• 1 tablespoon of black grape juice

For garnishing:

• 3 teaspoons of cream
• 4-cherries

Preparation steps:

• Mix the pieces of sliced strawberries and grapes.
• Before serving, take all these pieces into a cup and pour one teaspoon of grape juice into each cup.
• Then garnish it with cream and cherries.
• There won’t be any problem if cream is laid first and then grape juice is added next.

Add cream and grape juice in large amounts as children like them very much and eat the food happily. This strawberry grape salad is nutritional food item as it prevents the risk of heart diseases, cancer and diabetes. It is a fiber rich food. It strengthens your body and helps in doing the work actively.