Veg Salads « Kerala Recipes

Pomegranate Apple Salad

When the guilt sets in after eating too much of White Rice, then I switch onto Salads. However, I get bored of Salads pretty quickly unless it is awesome. It is difficult for me to like a salad unless it has Boiled Eggs or Chicken. Yes, I need my protein! Here is the recipe for

Fruit and Vegetable Salad with Indian Spices

I had a mini heart-attack when I checked the date of the last post on my beloved website. Yes, it’s been more than 3 months since I posted a new recipe. Let me apologize to my dear readers. The last few months kept me on my toes. A month long Kerala vacation, a wedding in

Black Chick Peas, Asian Pear & Cucumber Salad

It was one of those days when I wanted to have a light dinner and decided to make a salad. I looked in my fridge and searched for ingredients for the salad. I had some boiled Black Chick Peas/Bengal Gram (Karutha Kadala) and Cucumber in the fridge. I saw an Asian Pear/Apple Pear lying in

Spicy Steamed Vegetables

Since, I am on a Calorie Reduction Plan, I need to plan for every meal well in advance. I don’t have the luxury of indulging in packaged or ready made foods like burgers, pizza and so on.

For lunch, I decided to steam a few veggies along with garlic and chilly flakes. I used frozen

Boiled Peanut Salad

Peanuts – I love them in any form – be it raw, boiled or roasted. Peanuts are high in protein but they also have high calorific values, and hence are not recommended for those who want to lose weight. As an example, 1 cup of dry roasted peanuts has 850 calories. Isn’t that a huge

Strawberry Sun Dried Tomato Salad

I tasted a wonderful appetizer at my friend Revathi’s house. She had used Sun Dried Tomatoes, Mushrooms, Strawberries, Almonds and other ingredients to make the Italian appetizer.

Ever since, I have been inspired to try out a salad using strawberries and sun dried tomatoes. I love the red color of this salad.

Strawberry Sun

Kerala Onion Salad (Ulli Sarlas)

There is a special Salad made using Red Onions and Green Chillies in some parts of Kerala like Kottayam. This salad is known as Sarlas or Sarilas. I don’t know how it got that name but people from Kottayam seem to be familar with that name

Nevertheless, this is the best salad which I