Summer Special Broccoli Salad

Broccoli Salad

Salads are no doubt refreshing. This high nutritious super food not only fills your stomach but also makes your meal healthy. Making a salad and a dressing for it all depends on your imagination and the availability of the veggies in your hand.

Ingredients

1. Broccoli                                      - ½ a no:
2. Tomato                                       - 1 no:
3. Cucumber                                   - 2 nos
4. Cheese slice                               - ½ a slice
5. Green Capsicum                         - ½ a no:
6. Sweet Corn                                 - 75 gms
7. Zucchini                                      - 1 no:

For dressing:-

8. Olive oil                                      - 2 tsp
9. Oregano                                     - 1 tsp
10. Red chilli flakes                         - ½ tsp
11. Salt                                             - to taste
12. Vinegar                                      - 1 tsp

Method: Cut the broccoli into small florets. Blanch them in hot water for 5 minutes. Take out and dip in cold water for 2 minutes.

Transfer the broccoli to a pan and add half a spoon of butter, oil or ghee.

Toss it for 3minutes and transfer to a bowl.

Microwave the frozen corn for 2mts.

Now add diced tomato, cucumber, cheese slice, corn, zuccini and capsicum to the salad bowl and mix well.

Keep in refrigerator for sometime.

Make a dressing with the ingredients mentioned above and pour over the salad at the time of serving. Mix well.

Notes: You can avoid cheese slice to make it more healthier

You can add lettuce depending on the availability

Instead of vinegar you can add lemon juice

Instead of red chilli flakes, pepper can be used.

You can give a twist to this salad by adding apple pieces to it.