Veg Homemade CaesarCrouton Salad is a perfect appetizer for your dining delight.
Salad is an all-time favorite way of including vibrant colorful fruits and veggies in daily diet. Fruits and vegetables are so rich on their own that nothing else is required to turn Salads into a sumptuous meal. A simple addition of herbs and seasoning in salads is enough to bring out the best flavors from them.
To kill the scorching heat of summers, summer salads are the best solution. During summers, the heat sucks all the nutrients from the body. But the same harsh weather brings lots of fruits and vegetables to keep the body cool and hydrous. Salads include cereals, sprouts, fruits, and veggies as important ingredients, with cream, lemon, and virgin oil dressing, and a topping of roasted peanuts, croutons. All these ingredients make these salads a complete summer food.
Greek salads, Russian salads, macaroni salads, green salads, and more are perfect for serving as sides or enjoying a full meal.
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Vegetarian salad recipes are easy to prepare. Fresh vegetable crouton salad is a variation of regular Greek coleslaw salad and is rich in proteins. This green salad with hearty veggies, cottage cheese, peanuts, and crunchy croutons tossed in fresh cream-based dressing can be a delight for anytime hunger pangs.
Overview
Preparation time: 15 mins Cooking time: 5 mins Serves: 4 Course: salad
Ingredients
Veggies For Salad
- Shredded green/red cabbage- 1 and 1/2 cup
- Iceberg lettuce (torn into small pieces)-1 cup
- Tomato (deseeded and thinly sliced)-1
- Paneer/cottage cheese(diced into cubes)- 150 gm
- Green Olives- cut each into 2
For Dressing
- Fresh cream- 4 tablespoon
- Yogurt-4 tablespoon
- Lemon Juice- 1 tablespoon
- Mustard sauce- 1/2 tablespoon
- Salt- 1/2 teaspoon (as per taste)
- Black pepper-1/2 teaspoon
For Crunchy Herbed Croutons
- Bread slice - 1
- Oil for shallow frying- 2 tablespoons
- Salt to sprinkle- 1/4 teaspoon
- Pepper to sprinkle- 1/4 teaspoon
- Mixed herbs or oregano- 1/2 teaspoon
For Garnish
- Roasted peanuts- 2 tablespoon
Preparation Process
Crouton making
Step-1
To make herbed croutons, first cut the bread slice into cubes of about 1/2".
Step-2
Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a pan. Reduce the heat and add bread cubes to the hot oil.
Step-3
Fry for about 2 minutes or till they change color to golden red-brown from both sides. Take them out on kitchen tissue.
Step-4
Immediately sprinkle salt, pepper, oregano, or mixed herbs and toss well.
Step-5
Flavored Herbed Croutons are ready for the salad.
Salad making
Step-1
Gently mix all the ingredients of the dressing in a bowl and prepare a pouring consistency cream sauce.
Step-2
Take cabbage, paneer, lettuce, olives, and tomato slices in a big mixing bowl.
Step-3
Pour the prepared dressing into the salad.
Step-4
Mix the salad and dressing uniformly. Keep it in the fridge to chill till serving time (or for about 1/2 an hour )
Step-5
To serve, mix salad gently, Serve topped with bread croutons, and roasted peanuts.