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Pakistani Mixed Bean Salad
Pakistani Mixed Bean Salad
This mixed bean salad is the perfect balance of savory, spicy, and tartness. It assembles in 5 minutes and only needs a couple of hours to for all of the ingredients to meld together. Toss with chopped cilantro right before serving.
Ingredients
- 1 can white beans
- 1 can garbanzo beans
- 2 Roma tomatoes seeded and diced
- 1/2 medium white onion diced
- 2 green bird’s eye chilies finely chopped
- 1 lemon juiced
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1 tsp garam masala
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1/2 cup cilantro chopped
Instructions
- Mix together all of the ingredients except the cilantro. Let the ingredients marinate in the refrigerator for 2 hours.
- Mix in the cilantro right before serving.
Spiced Grapes
Spiced Grapes
Spiced grapes might not sound too exciting, until you give it a try. While there are only 5 ingredients to this recipe, it has a complexity of flavors. Sweetness from the grapes, sourness from the lemon, earthiness of cilantro, a hint of spice from the chili powder, and salt to bring out all of the flavors. What you’ve really created is a bowl of candy, because that’s how you’re going to think of this after consuming. Spiced grapes pair well with any Bengali curry, acting as a palate cleanser.
Ingredients
- 2 cups green grapes sliced in half
- 1/2 lemon juiced
- 3 tbsp cilantro chopped
- pinch Kashmiri chili powder
- pinch sea salt
Instructions
- Toss the grapes with the cilantro. Squeeze the lemon juice over.
- Add a pinch of chili powder and sea salt to the grapes.
Avocado and Tomato Salad
Avocado Tomato Salad
This salad is extremely simple to make and overwhelmingly good to eat. I like salads just fine, but I don’t get excited when I hear the word. This salad is different for me. After eating this for the first time, I was like “god damn, that was really good.” Better then I expected. The key is a firm but ripe avocado and good tomatoes and cucumbers. The salad is layered and drizzled with a nice lime vinaigrette.
Servings: 1
Ingredients
Dressing
- 1 lime juiced
- 1 1/2 tbsp vinegar
- 1 tbsp cilantro chopped
- 2 tsp olive oil
- salt and pepper to taste
Salad
- 1 avocado sliced
- 1 cup grape tomatoes sliced in half
- 1/2 cup english cucumber thinly sliced
- 1/4 small red onion thinly sliced
Instructions
- Mix together the dressing ingredients.
- Place a single layer of half of the avocado on a plate. Top with half of the other ingredients.
