Delicious and Colorful - Sprouts, Kale and Tomatoes

Stir fried masoor sprouts with some packaged kale salad. Topped with a thousand island dressing. Sliced a tomatoes and sprinkled some salt and pepper. Added a slice of toast on the side for a delicious brunch.

Lettuce wraps with Soy Granules and Corn

The picture is perfect and so is the dish. Very rarely do I get both right, especially the picture. After cooking, I hardly have the time to plate it perfectly and take the good picture. I did not do anything special for this dish too, but the simple ingredients and the gorgeous colors stand out without any effort.

Soy granules and sweet corn wrapped into crunchy lettuce is a perfect appetizer or a guilt free snack. One of the quickest and tastiest snacks, I can ever make

Pinapple, Spinach and Beet Salad in Yogurt

I had some left over beet curry, about quarter cup of pineapple and some curd. Diced a tomato and cucumber, throw a bunch of spinach, add in the pineapple into the curd. I added the left over beet curry as a garnish because I did not want it to color the whole dish pink. Just a dash of salt and pepper and I had a full bowl of colorful and tasty salad. The pineapple added the slight sweet edge and the curd the nice tang made it a good one.

Sliced tomatoes topped with Hummus and hung curd

Ripe but firm tomatoes are sliced thickly and then topped with a dollop of hummus and hung curd. Sprinkling of salt and chilli/paprika powder follows. You can drizzle some extra virgin olive oil on the top or devour as is for an easy and a healthy snack. If you do not have hung curd/yogurt, you can instead grate some hard cheese on the top of the hummus. 

There are no rules here as to how much topping should go. More or less, it tastes good. Mellow flavors of the curd and hummus complement the slightly sour ripe tomato. With hummus and yogurt available, this dish comes together in under a minute. 

Nutty Broccoli Saute, Super foods on my plate

Broccoli is considered one of the world's healthiest foods. The health benefits are so many that it would require a separate post. Sesame  seeds are an excellent source of copper and manganese. They also contain beneficial fibers called lignans having a cholesterol-lowering effect in humans and helps preventing high blood pressure. Two super foods in one dish and quite tasty too. We usually have it as a side dish with rice and dal. Sesame seeds add a nice taste and texture to this dish. 

Zuchini sauteed and seasoned with salt and pepper, Side dish in 5 minutes

Season a pan with oil. Turn it to high heat. Add sliced zuchini in one layer. After 2 to 3 minutes flip them on to another side. Another 2-3 minutes of frying. Sprinkle salt and pepper, eat. That is it, there is absolutely no recipe to this dish. The only thing you need to keep in mind is to slice them as evenly as possible and as thin as you can. The thinner the slices, the faster they cook. Can be served as a  side dish with rice, roti, pasta or just as is. It is absolutely tasty any way.

Moong Sprouts, Cabbage and Tomato Sauteed Vegetable Salad, Upma Style, Take Two

Sauteed vegetables and mung sprouts, served with a corriander chutney, another take on the vegetable salad which has been presented to you here. The only change here is the inclusion of channa dal and urad dal in the seasoning. They added a nice and lovely crunch to the salad in addition to protein.

Salad Upma, South Indian Upma with vegetables and sprouts

Chomping on vegetables is good for you. Yes, all of us know that. But eating raw vegetables is boring after a while, especially for the tongue used to the Indian palate. So came up with this dish, which is made with cabbage, carrot and urad dal sprouts, quickly stir fried with upma seasoning.

Cabbage Coleslaw with tomatoes, cucumber, chickpeas and pickled oil

There is cabbage and mayonnaise, so it is a coleslaw. But then it has cucumbers, tomatoes and chickpeas. Then there is pickled oil and there are vadiyalu. So it is not the puritanical coleslaw by any measure, but it tastes really good. It has chickpeas to add the protein quotient and to make it a complete meal.