Russian Salad رشین سلاد

Russian Salad is a world popular salad from Russia. 
It is very nutritious and delicate, vegetables, oil, fruits and nuts are used in its preparation.

Russian Salad

Ingredients:

• Mayonnaise   1 cup
• Fresh cream 1 cup
• Potatoes, boiled, peeled and diced
• Apple, peeled, diced  1 
• Pine apple , diced  1 cup
• Peas, boiled   1 cup
• Carrot peeled, chopped and boiled  1 cup
• Wall nut pieces    1 tablespoon
• Salt to taste
• White pepper powder 1/2 teaspoon.

Procedure:

• Mix all ingredients with mayonnaise and fresh cream.
• Keep in refrigerator till required for serving.

Piyaz (a Turkish Salad) Türk Salata

Piyaz is a delicious and nutritious salad of Turkish cuisine. 

Piyaz

Piyaz

Ingredients:

• White beans (Navy beans/ Butter beans)        2 cup
• Salt          to taste
• Sumac       1/2 teaspoon
• Onion chopped, rings     1/2 cup
• Parsley chopped         1/4 cup
• Green chillies chopped        2
• Tomatoes finely diced        2
• Eggs hard boiled quartered along length       3
• Olive oil extra virgin      1 tablespoon
• lemon juice      2 teaspoon

Procedure:

• Soak beans for 6-8 hours, wash and drain.
• Boil beans in enough water, add salt during boiling.
• Cool and drain.
• Now in a large bowl mix onion, parsley, sumac, green chillies with beans then remove in a serving dish.
• Decorate with diced tomatoes and hard boiled eggs.
• Sprinkle olive oil and lemon juice at top.
• Delicious Piyaz salad is ready to serve.

Kachumbar Salad کچومبر سلاد

Kachumbar Salad

Kachumbar salad is a very tasty and simple salad which goes well with Tehri, Sholay Chawal (Kabli Channa pulao).








Ingredients:

• Red Tomatoes   4
• Onion finely chopped 1
• Green Chillies chopped (hot variety)  2
• Fresh Coriander leaves 1/4 cup
• Salt to taste

Procedure:

• Grill tomatoes on fire, remove burnt skin and mash with knife.
• Mix onion, green chillies and fresh coriander leave. Toss and serve.

Fattoush (Syria/Jordan/Lebanon) فتوش سلطة

Fattoush (Syria/Jordan/Lebanon)

Fattoush is a very beautiful and nutritious salad prepared with tossed/saute Pitta Bread. It is popular throughout the Middle East.

Ingredients:

• Pitta Bread    2 nos.
• Tomatoes chopped  3 nos.
• Cucumber chopped 2-3 nos.
• Lettuce leaves  chopped/torned  4-5 nos.
• Spring Onion  chopped   3 nos.
• Fresh Parsley/Coriander leaves  coarsly chopped 1 cup
• Fresh Mint leaves coarsely chopped  1/4 cup
• Green Chillies chopped 1-2 nos.
• Lemon Juice from 2 lemons
• Olive Oil  1/4 cup
• Sumak Powder  2 tablespoon
• Salt 1 teaspoon
• Black pepper powder 1/4 teaspoon

Procedure:

• Toss/Saute Pitta Bread in oil till crisp and golden, Cut into diamond like pieces.
• Take Tomatoes, Spring onion, Cucumber, Green Chillies, Lettuce leaves, Mint and Parsley in a Bowl and mix together.
• Now add diamond shaped Pitta Bread pieces over it , Then sprinkle Olive oil, Sumak Powder, Black pepper powder and Salt and Mix.  Keep in a Cool place for 1/2 hour Then Serve.

Tabouleh (National Salad of Lebanon/Syria ) تبولة

Tabouleh (National Salad of Lebanon/Syria )

Tabouleh is a National Salad of Lebanon and Syria. Very Eye appealining and Mouth watering , popular around the globe for its colour and taste. It goes well with Kabab, BBQ dishes.





Ingredients:


Burgul  1/2 cup


Tomatoes finely diced    3 nos.


Spring onion  finely diced  3


Lemon juice  2 tablespoon


Fresh Mint leaves finely chopped 1/2 cup


Fresh Parsley/Coriander leaves   finely chopped 2 cup


Olive Oil 3 tablespoon


Salt to taste


Black pepper to taste


Procedure:


Soak burgul in warm water for 1/2 hour, drain and squueze.


Mix all ingredients together. Tabouleh is ready.


Serve with Lettuce leaves.

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Kafta Salad كافتا سلطة

Kafta Salad

This salad is very eye appealing and mouth watering to be served with Kafta Kabab



Ingredients:

• Tomatoes chopped 1
• Spring Onion  chopped 2
• Green Chillies chopped  1
• Cucumber medium size chopped 1/2
• Lemon wedges quartered  6 pieces
• Olive oil 1 tablespoon
• Sumuk powder   1/2 teaspoon

Procedure:

• Mix all ingredient together except sumuk powder in a frying pan and toss over medium flame for 1 minute.
• Pour into serving bowl and sprinkle sumuk at top.
• Serve with Kafta Kabab.