Beginners Kitchen: Soups and salads

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tomato salad

Simple n Quick tomato salad

Ingredients:
Tomatoes : 4, chopped
shredded coconut : 4-5 tbspn
green chillies :2
sugar : 1 tbspn
salt : 1/2 tspn
coriander leaves : few

Method:

Take all the ingredients in a bowl except tomatoes.
mix all properly with your fingers
Lastly add the tomatoes and mix all

Greek Salad is one of the most popular n healthy salad you can have throughout the year. Although this salad is ideal for summer lunch, it could be prepared in any occasion in whatever version you find good. Juicy vine ripened tomatoes are the key

Ingredients:

Cherry tomatoes, diced..................2 cup

Cucumber peeled n diced............... 2 cup

Olives, slit..................................1 cup

Greek Feta cheese, cubed...............1 cup

red onion, thinly sliced...................1 small

Dried or fresh basil leaves ..............2 tbspn or more

Greek extra virgin olive oil.............1/3 cup

dried oregano..............................2 tspns

salt............................................very little

lemon juice/vinegar.......................few drops

Method:

Cut all the vegetables and place them in a large serving bowl
Season with dried oregano, basil and salt
Mix all the ingredients in the serving bowl
Lastly sprinkle the olive oil
beautiful, cooling, fresh Greek salad is ready to serve

Note:

This salad taste best if you mix it up and let it sit for an hour so that the flavours mingle well, however optional
Usually Kalamata (calamon) olives are used because of their excellent fruity flavour
Lettuce leaves, bell pepper can also be added
1 minced garlic can also be added depending on the choice n flavour

Preparation time: 10 mins

serves 4

Cream of Asparagus soup

Asparagus not only tastes delicious, but is also a wonderful source of nutrients for a healthy body and mind. Being low in calorie, it contains many anti inflammatory nutrients, rich source of vitamin A, C and K. A good antioxidant which helps reduce ageing process naturally making you look younger. Besides, it also prevents birth defects by preventing folate deficiency

Ingredients:
Asparagus : 6 tender shoots trimmed and cut into 1 inch pieces
onion, chopped : 1 big
garlic, minced : 2 cloves
chicken stock : 1 cube

butter : 1 tbspn

ground black

pepper : 1/2 tspn or more

salt : to taste

milk :1 cup

fresh cream : 1/2 cup or more

Method :

Dilute the a cube of chicken stock in a bowl of hot water
Cover and cook the chopped onions and asparagus pieces with half the stock solution till tender (takes about 8 mins on medium heat)simmer until asparagus is tender

cool n grind to a smooth paste
in the same pan heat butter. add pepper n minced garlic . Sauté for a minute
add the remaining stock solution and bring to boil
Pour the ground paste and boil
lastly add in milk. turn off heat as soon as it just starts to boil
stir in a ladleful of hot soup in serving bowl and top some cream over it
Cream of Asparagus soup served with roasted asparagus