Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Accidental Discovery....

Hi All, I cooked up a new simple recipe, I've called it Soothing Salad :) and am excited about sharing the recipe in my post. It happened to be an accidental discovery. There was a lone Beet snoring in my fridge from quite some time, and that was irritating me coz I didn't want to make the same old Kosambari or stir fry and that sort of dishes :-/ I just did something randomly without thinking much about the end result...at the most what would happen...S would push his share towards me....saying from me to you with lots of love ;) and I would end up eating what I prepared! like the Kannada saying goes 'Maddidunno Maharaaya'...lol which means one should face the consequences of what he/she does....lol God! am crazy to the core sometimes.

Talking about discovery....imagine we ladies feel so good about the accidental discoveries of new dishes we do in our kitchens,how would successful scientists feel?! hmmm... did u know that many useful things were actually accidently discoverd by scientists...hmmm the super-glue was an accidental discovery,the tale behind this is....once when a researcher wanted to stick two prisms for an experiment, the substance he had made to stick two prisms temporarily got stuck permanently! and here we have today in markets the super selling Super-glue which can stick just about ANYTHING! You too could share what you know on this topic :)

Let's leave it at that and move on to what I made today :) here's the recipe, it's simple but I can vouch on the deliciousness ;) and health benifit of this salad so read on....

Ingredients for the Soothing Salad:

1 Beetroot (cooked,peeled, grated)
1 Carrot ( peeled and grated)
3 lettuce (washed, roughly chopped)
4-5 whole pepper corns ( coarsely ground)
1 tsp Italian seasoning
2 tsp grated cheese (opt)
1 tsp chilli flakes
1 tbsp Olive oil
1 handful peanuts (roasted, crushed)
1 cup yogurt (whisked)
2 tsp coriander leaves (finely chopped)
1 tsp lime juice
salt to taste

Method:

Take a large bowl put all the ingredients and mix well. Refrigerate for atleast for 30 minutes before serving.
Notes:
1. You can change the quantity of the salt and spices to suit your taste.
2. Dress the salad with a little grated cheese or any other dressing of your choice and enjoy the salad.
3. You could also add some spring onions to the salad.

22 comments:

lubnakarim06 said...

Wow looks yum. Hmmm innovative....

Savi-Ruchi said...

quite innovative Suparna.
seems worth a try.

gtyuk said...

nice discovery :)

when are we going to get the possibly super selling "Soothing Salad" by Suparna in the markets? lol

Continue your good work!

Chitra said...

its a healthy accidental discovery,looks yumm :)

Anonymous said...

Hmmm..bright idea suparna..looking awesome..hope you enjoyed

sharada said...

Sounds interesting...must have tasted really good!

FH said...

WOW!! Looks so yummy. Adding Lettuce is great, love Beets in anything. You are creative when you are lazy, be lazier!!;D

Raks said...

I think you are great Suparna! co,every time if I plan to try a new dish I always flop! Only after 2-3 times I get it right ...
But you see,have discovered something:)
Nice recipe!

Deepthi Shankar said...

That definitely is very very innovative .. looks very nice & nice color too

Muneeba said...

Niiiiiiiiiice ... love beetroot .. and you've got peanuts in there too .. I can almost taste all the awesome ingredients. This MUST be good!!

Cham said...

Very pretty salad u have made!

Laavanya said...

That is very innovative and Salad looks good. Like the picture with the lettuce background :)

Deepa Hari said...

Thats an amazing discovery Suparna...love it...very healthy too...nice color.

Priya Suresh said...

Thats very creative suparna:)

Varsha Vipins said...

I loved the color of it Sups..I make this minus the cheese ,some days..loved it..:)
n don remind me abt superglue..can u imagine a gal with her thumb n index finger glued together..Well..The rest is a tragic history..:D

sathya said...

Wonderful salad suparna, looks colourful and yum !

Suparna said...

Thanks for dropping by friends :) and hope to see here more often. Love u all for ur encouragment.God Bless!
TC

suvi said...

nice one...looks yum!

Ammu said...

Lovely. It looks yummy & yup! g8 innovation too:)

Malar Gandhi said...

This looks superb yaar, why discovery...say invention!! Keep it up!:)

Suparna said...

Thanks Aqua, Ammu, Malar for your time and comments.
TC

My cooking experiments said...

A cool salad!