Saturday 4 February 2012

Spinach, rocket, watercress, basil, roasted cherry tomatoes, roasted red pepper, mango, olives and feta cheese salad with mango and sweet chilli dre

Spinach, rocket, watercress, basil, roasted cherry tomatoes, roasted red pepper, mango, olives and feta cheese salad with mango and sweet chilli dressing



There are several of delicious salad recipes all over the world. However home-made salads are always a delight.

This salad is a delicious side dish. Every bite is an explosion of delicious flavours and textures




Preparation:

In a salad bowl toss ingredients (A) and (B)

A) Salad base

1. Wash well spinach , rocket and watercress leaves

2. Wash and finely cut basil leaves

B) Other salad ingredients

Preheat the oven at 2500C on gas mark 2. Put cherry tomatoes and red pepper on an oven proof tray and drizzle few drops of olive oil

3. Wash cherry tomatoes ( 5 nos) and roast them for 3 mins

4. Cut the red pepper ( 1 nos) ,de-seed them, then finely slice them and roast them for 10 mins

5. Peel and cut the mango ( 1 nos) into small chunks

6. Green olives ( 7-8 nos)

7. Black olives (7-8 nos)

8. Feta cheese

9. Drizzle olive oil (1 tspn)

10. Drizzle lemon juice (1 tspn)

Dress the salad just before serving

Mango and sweet chilli dressing

Make the dressing by whisking, Water ( 5 tbspn), Rice Vinegar( 5 tbspn), Mango puree ( 5 tbspn), Lime juice ( 5 tbspn), sugar (2 tspn), cornflour ( 1tspn), red chilli flakes ( 1tspn) , red chilli puree (1 tspn) and salt ( as per taste)

Garnish with freshly grounded black pepper, red chillies and coriander ( optional)




Recipe: Vegetarian

Preparation time: 15 mins

Cooking time: 15 mins

Serves: 4


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