Purple Cabbage Salad

Serves 4

Category - Lunch / Dinner

Purple Cabbage - 3 Cups (Shredded)
Cucumbers - 2 (Thinly Sliced)
Red Onions - 1 Small (Finely chopped)
Carrots - 1 Medium (Juliens / Grated)

For the Dressing -
Mayo - 6 to 8tbsp
White Vinegar - 1tsp or adjust accordingly
Salt & Black pepper to taste

In a small bowl combine the dressing ingredients and keep aside.

In a big mixing bowl add the salad greens and pour the dressing, mix throughly and serve.
You can also chill it for one hour in the fridge and serve later.

Purple Cabbage Salad

Banana Coconut Salad

Very simple and healthy. This recipe is very very famous in India. Usually prepared during festival days or they give this as prasadam at temples.

Serves 4

Category - Sides / Dessert

Ripe Bananas - 4
Freshly shredded Coconut - 4 to 5 tbsp
Sugar - 6 to 8 tsp or to taste
Ghee or clarified Butter - 2 tsp (Optional)                
Raisins - 10 to 12

Thinly slice the bananas in circles. Add the bananas, coconut, sugar, ghee & raisins. Mix through nicely & serve immediately.

You can eat this fruity salad for breakfast / lunch / dinner or even for the munching time.

You can even replace sugar with honey / maple syrup.

Variation - You can add fresh ripe Jackfruit and Cashews too :)

Vinegar Onions

My husband love these vinegar onions, so its a regular side for chapathis. I would like to share the easiest way to make these vinegar onions. There are so many different ways to marinate however the method I follow is easy and can be made with less time.

All you need -
Sambar onion / Red onion / Shallots - 100g (If using shallots, just peel and keep aside. For red onions, thinly slice them.)
White Vinegar - 2tbsp
Salt to taste

In a small bowl add in the onions and sprinkle some salt over it and toss. Next add the vinegar and rest it for 2hrs min. Later serve it along any meal and enjoy :)

Classical Guacamole

Guacamole is a mexican dip or a salad. Guacamole is Avocado in other words Butter fruit. Its known by different names around the world.

I use to enjoy eating this fruit with sugar and at times make milkshake. Today I am herewith to share an interesting and easy dip which is known as Guacamole. I first tasted this at a Mexican restaurant along with chips. So lets get started.

Serves a big cup

Category - Sides / Salad

Avocado / Butter fruit / Guacamole - Ripe 2Nos.
Red Onion - 1/2No. Finely chopped
Jalapeño peppers OR regular green chillies - 1No. Finely chopped (Adjust according to taste)
Salt to taste
Coriander / Cilantro leaves - Hand full, finely chopped
Lemon juice from half piece.

Cut the Avocados in half and scoop out the flesh. Chop them to bite size pieces and add to a medium bowl.
Next all the other ingredients and mash lightly. And its ready to go with Chips or simply eat like a salad.
Good to eat with any flavored rice such as mexican rice, fried rice, etc.

Variation - You can add boiled sweet corn, boiled Rajma / beans, tomatoes, Black olives or green olives.
(I usually add fresh green chilli paste.)

Home Style Everyday Salad/ Side

This salad is made almost everyday in our home, for lunch. This is prepared most of the times in summer. This is a soothing salad and can be enjoyed with any South Indian meal. Good to go with rasam and sambar rice or you can enjoy it like a salad :)


Serves one medium portion

Category - Salad

Cucumber - 1No. Big, diced to half inch/ bite size
Tomato - 2 Nos. Medium, cut to half inch pieces (Use medium ripe)
Carrot - 1No. Shredded
Cilantro / Coriander leaves - 2tsp, chopped finely
Green chilli paste - 1tsp (Adjust)
Salt to taste
Lemon juice to taste

In a small cup, add in green chilli paste, Lemon juice and salt. Mix and keep aside.
Now, in a bowl add in all the other ingredients. Combine, add the lemon mix set aside and enjoy :)