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Dress up your salads
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Use your imagination to create the most colourful and tasty salads with these dressings.
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JUST DRESSING: A variety comes in handy. — Photo: K. Ramesh Babu.
WITH THE scorching heat and gallons of water one consumes one hardly feels like eating much food. In such a situation salads come in handy. Cool, nutritious and light, they can be made in a jiffy as well. Try using them with different vegetables and fruits and watch people tuck them in.
Best ever coleslaw dressing
Ingredients:
Vegetarian mayonnaise - 3 rounded tbsp
Vegetable oil -1/2 cup
Vinegar -1/4 cup
Sugar - 3 tbsp
Method: Place all ingredients in a jar or plastic container and shake well. Will keep for weeks in refrigerator. Shake well before using.
Vegetarian mayonnaise is available in Food World and Q-Mart at Road No. 2, Banjara Hills
Salad dressing
Ingredients:
Condensed milk - 1 can
Vinegar - 1/2 cup
Oil - 1/2 cup
Egg - 1
Mustard - 2 tsp
Salt - 1 tsp
Method: Mix everything together and beat well. Store in refrigerator.
This dressing is ideal for green vegetables like lettuce, broccoli and French beans.
Melody Dressing
Ingredients:
Salad oil - 1/2 cup
Ketchup - 1/3 cup
Vinegar - 1/4 cup
Lemon juice - 2 tbsp
Sugar - 1/3 cup
Paprika - 1 tsp
Salt - 1 tsp
Method: Put all the ingredients into a bottle or jar. Cover tightly and shake well. Chill thoroughly. Shake well before serving.
This dressing goes well with cottage cheese and boiled potatoes.
Chefs dressing
Ingredients:
Tomato juice - 1/3 cup
Oil - 1/3 cup
Vinegar - 1/4cup
Pepper - 1/4 cup
Oregano - 1/2 cup
Dry mustard - 1/2 cup
Soya sauce - 1/4 cup
Method: Combine everything and shake well.
Use this dressing and raw vegetables like cucumber, tomato and onions or with ham, beef and chicken strips.
Creamy mustard dressing
Ingredients:
Pepper Mustard or
Mustard - 3 tbsp
Vinegar - 2 tbsp
Salt - 1/4 tsp
Sugar - 2 tbsp
Evaporated milk - 2 tbsp
Angostra bitters - 1 tbsp
Method: Combine all the ingredients in a bowl.
Beat with rotary beater until light and fluffy. Use in any salad for dressing.
Angostra bitters is available at Q-Mart.
O.P. KHANTWAL
The writer is Executive Chef at ITC Kakatiya Sheraton Hotel and Towers.
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