'ONLY' SALADs Event Round up and the Winner

Firstly, I would like to thank Pari of FoodDelicious for giving me this wonderful opportunity to host her event 'ONLY' Salads which is in fact the first event I have hosted.I have received 73 entries in total for this event which I can say is really a big number to make me scream that my first event is really successful. I personally do thank all the blogger friends and non bloggers who have sent entries for the event and made it successful.Well for me, I managed to add a few more bloggers to my network. I would have to admit that I thoroughly enjoyed the experience and more importantly this also made me aware of the pain that my fellow bloggers take in putting together the round up's for the event. I tried to put up all the entries which I have received,If I had missed any of your entries I apologize for it and please let me know so that I will include them to the round up.

First let us check out the International entries which I got for the event in the order I recieved.
I got my first entry from Soumya of Soumya's Kitchen from USA.She has sent four amazing nutritious salads which are very healthy.

FARRO SALAD
FRUIT n VEGGIE Salad with Guacamole
Quinoa and Fruit Salad

Quinoa and Vegetable Salad

Next comes the colorful entry from Pavithra of Dishes from my Kitchen from USA,whose blog is admired by everyone,including me.Look at the way she has wrapped the salad in those beautiful soy wrappers which is appealing to our eyes.

SALAD in Soy Wraps

Madhu of SweetSPiceySour from CANADA has sent a beautiful and healthy Italian Salad.

Tossed Italian Salad

Mythreyi of Yum Yum Yum from USA has sent a Poblano pepper-Avocado-Mango salad,check out the way how she has presented that salad in the form of a beautiful tower.She has also sent Crunchy cucumber salad.

Poblano Pepper-Avocado-Mango saladCrunchy Cucumber salad

Look at the creamy and delicious Apple - Waldorf salad and Custard Fruit Parfait Salad's sent by Smitha of Smithaspicy flavors from USA,so yumm naa!!!

Apple - Waldorf Salad

Custard Fruit Parfait

Now check out the beautiful fruity Orange Salad and Chickpeas salad sent by Jyoti of The Veggie hut from IRELAND.

Orange Salad
Chickpeas Salad

Malli of chillilovesmalli from USA has sent a healthy warm Quinoa,tempeh and butternut squash salad which is just perfect for this cold weather.

Warm Quinoa,tempeh and Butternut Squash salad

Lakshmi of Taste of Mysore from SINGAPORE has sent a seasonal and traditional karnataka salad,Fresh Chickpeas Salad which is apt for the season.She has also sent a cooling Kadabele Mosaru sasive/Chanadal in yogurt salad.

Fresh Chickpeas Salad/Kadalekaalu Kosambari

Kadalebele Mosaru Sasive / Chanadal in yogurt salad

Chitra of Chitranna from LONDON has sent a Warm Veggie Rainbow salad which is really colorful and healthy.

Veggie Rainbow(Warm) Salad

Soumya of Soumya's kitchen from USA has sent a very different Spaghetti Salad which looks really yumm.

Spaghetti Salad

Pavani of Cook's Hideout from USA has sent a beautiful warm Lentil Salad with Grapes which is perfect for this cold weather.

Warm Lentil Salad with Grapes

Next comes the Quinoa Tabouli,a twist to the regular tabouli from Honey bee of Honey bee cooks Jackfruit from USA.She has also sent a colorful veggie salad.

Honeybee of Honey bee cooks Jackfruit

Veggie Salad with Blueberry Balsamic vinaigrette

Lavanya of Cookery Corner from USA has sent healthy and yummy Spinach Salad.

Yummy Spinach Salad

Hasna of Kachuss Delights from UAE has sent two entries Penne in thousand Island dressing and KFC Coleslaw for my event.

Penne in Thousand Island dressing

KFC Coleslaw

Priyanka of Asankhana from SINGAPORE has sent a healthy Spinach and paneer salad for the event.

Spinach and Paneer Salad

Krithi's kitchen from USA has sent a tasty Paneer Green salad with ginger lemon dressing.

Paneer Green Salad with ginger lemon dressing

Reva of kaarasaaram has sent a very colorful Carrot and Orange salad and also Eggplant Feta salad with mint pistachio dressing.

Carrot and Orange Salad

Eggplant Feta Salad with Mint Pistachio dressing

Akila of Learning to cook from SINGAPORE has sent Carrot-Beetroot salad.

Carrot-Beetroot salad

Next comes the five entries from our super blogger Priya of Priya's easy and tasty recipes from FRANCE.

Salad Shirazi
Chickpeas and Broccoli salad

Carrot Celery and Corn salad

Bulgar and Chickpeas Salad

Sprouted Moth beans,Beets and cucumber salad

Kavya of Kavya's Kitchen from USA has sent a different Palak-Pineapple salad.

Palak-Pineapple salad

Rekha of Plantain leaf Recipes from LIBYA has sent a nice and different Poached Eggplant salad.

Poached Eggplant salad

Denny of Oh taste n see from USA has sent two entries for the event.

Celery Apple Salad with honey yogurt vinaigrette

Red kidney bean salad with sun dried tomatoes and mini peppers

Sanyukta of Creative Sayukta from USA has sent two entries for the event.

Kiwi summer salad
Green chickpeas veggie fruit salad

Jaleela of cookbookjaleela from UAE has sent a protein rich salad.

Mixed Pulses Healthy salad

Swapna of Swapna's cuisine has sent a colorful and wonderful Greek Salad,which is really a treat to eyes.

Greek Salad

Usha of MySpicyKitchen from USA has sent two entries for my event.

Cabbage cucumber salad in Mustard yogurt dressing
Chickpea salad

Dershana of The Footloose Chef has sent two lovely entries for the event.

Rainbow Salad Meal

Fresh Figs in Yogurt Dressing

Sadhana of SensibleVeg has sent a colorful Greens-Fruit-Veggie-nuts salad with yogurt honey dressing.

Greens-Fruit-Veggie-nuts salad with yogurt honey dressing

Harika of Harika's Kitchen has sent a delicious and nutritious chickpeas salad.

Chickpeas Salad

Next got the entry from My creative Flavors from USA,A date with strawberry,yeah you read it correct that is the name of salad..sounds interesting right?

A date with strawberry

Anshu from USA has sent nutritious Black Chickpea salad.

Black Chickpea salad

Next comes the entries from our Desi Bloggers,I mean the entries from INDIA.Check out what our Desi bloggers have brought for us.

Aparna of Ap's Kitchen has sent a famous karnataka style salad called Kosambari with a twist to the regular one.

Beetroot Kosambari

Dr.Sameena of My culinary Creations has sent a cooling Yogurt salad.

Yogurt Salad

PJ of Seduce your taste buds has sent three wonderful salads.Look at the colorful Dragon fruit salad which is served in a nice fruit shell.

Dragon Fruit Salad

Sprouts,Veggies and bhel salad

Aloo Nu Raita / Potato Yogurt Salad

Pia of cookhealthy has sent a colorful Green salad in peanut sauce which is really unique.

Green Salad in Peanut sauce

Next comes the entries from Pari of Foodelicious who is the brain child behind this event.She has sent my favorite Som Tam Thai salad and Mixed Veg salad with a rich n spicy mayo-yogurt dressing.She has prepared these salads exclusively for our event and I am thankful to her to send those entries.

Som Tam/Som Tum

Mixed Veg Salad with spicy yogurt and mayo dressing

Zenobia of RAWk me has sent three healthy entries Fennel-Peppers-Lettuce Salad,Watermelon Jalapeno mint and Tofu Salad and Mixed Veggie salad with rosemary and sumac.Check out her blog for various salad ideas.

Fennel-Peppers-Lettuce Salad

Watermelon Jalapeno mint and Tofu Salad

Mixed Veggie salad with rosemary and sumac

Archana of The Mad Scientist's kitchen has sent innovative Cucumber and Paneer Salad for the event.

Cucumber and Panner Salad

Preeti of Khaugiri has sent colorful Chilled Melon Ball Salad,look the way how the melon's are beautifully scooped.

Chilled Melon Ball Salad

Priya Sreeram of Bon Appetit has sent a Minty tomato cucumber salad which is called salad-e-shirazi in Iran.

Salad-E-Shirazi /Minty Tomato Cucumber Salad

Shobha of Food mazaa has sent a lovely Mixed vegetable salad which served in edible exotic pine apple birds.Check out for the beautiful pine apple bird carving in her blog.

Mixed Vegetable Salad

Roshan of Roshan's cucina has sent Babycorn salsa.

Babycorn salsa

Savitha of savitha's kitchen has sent a different and colorful Peanut salad with cucumber.

Peanut salad with cucumber

Kanchan of Kitchen gossip has sent Egg salad which can be used as a filling for your sandwich.

Egg Salad

Sweatha of TastyCurryLeaf has sent two wonderful entries for the event.

Waldorf Salad
Eggplant Salad-Salata de Vinete from Romania

I have recieved one non-blogger entry too.

Ashwini from UK has shared a different Radish salad which her mom prepares to make her two year old fussy grand daughter.I am sharing the recipe in her own words.
Radish Salad

Ingredients:

Radish - 1 cup grated

Green Chilles - 1/2 tsp finely chopped

Tomato - 2 tbsp finely chopped (remove the seeds)

salt - to taste

lemon - as desired

Method:

Mix all the above ingredients and serve immediately,as it leaves water when kept for a long time.

And finally the four entries from your host,urs truly Prathibha of The Chef and Her Kitchen.

Steamed Babycorn and Raw Mango Salad
Red Pumpkin-Yogurt Salad
Sprouts Salad-Chaat Style
Tabbouleh

And now coming to the winner of 'ONLY' Salads event.I have use random.org to select the winner and the lucky winner is Sweatha of TastyCurryLeaf.Congratulations to Sweatha for winning the event,you have won Tarla Dalal's 'Healthy Soups and Salads'.

Pari will choose the winner for the CSN give away,so please stay tuned to see who will win the give away at her place.

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Tabbouleh

Tabbouleh is a famous Middle Eastern Salad, which is prepared using bulgur wheat mixed with lots of herbs and seasoned with olive oil and lemon juice to get a very flavorful and aromatic salad.Bulgur wheat is a parboiled wheat which just needs to be soaked in water before making this salad. As bulgur wheat is not easily available in India, I used regular broken wheat which I cooked and cooled before putting it in the salad.This salad is quite filling and can replace any meal of the day.I like my salads crunchy and spicy,so I try adding lots of fresh vegetables, nuts and more pepper to them.As I used cooked broken wheat the salad was bit sticky otherwise the taste was just perfect.This is my last entry for my event,hurry up guys only two more days to send your entries.

Ingredients:
1/2 cup Bulgur wheat
1 cup water approx
1 tomato,seeded and chopped
3/4 cup chopped parsley
1/4 cup chopped colored peppers(optional)
1/4 cup scallions,chopped
1/4 cup peeled and chopped cucumber
2 tbsp chopped mint
2 tbsp chopped walnuts or almonds or pine nuts
5-6 olives,sliced

for dressing:
3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil(EVOO)
1 tsp black pepper powder,freshly crushed
juice of 1/2 lemon
salt to taste
Method:

• Soak bulgur wheat in 1 cup of hot water for 20-30 mins.Squeeze out extra water if anything is left by draining through muslin cloth.
• In a big bowl mix chopped tomatoes,cucumber,peppers,scallions,mint,parsley,nuts and olives and mix well.Add squeezed bulgur wheat and mix well.
• In a small bowl make the dressing by mixing all the ingredients under for dressing section.Adjust the seasonings according to your spice level.
  
• Add the dressing to the salad bowl and mix everything well.Keep it refrigerated until usage.

Serve it cold with pita bread or as a meal itself.

Note: I used medium size broken wheat variety instead of bulgur wheat as it is not easily available in India,so I had to cook it for some time and let the cooked wheat cool before putting it in the salad.

This salad is my last entry which is going to participate in the 'Only' Salads event hosted by me,which is started by Pari of Foodelicious.

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Sprouts Salad-Chaat Style

You might be seeing a lot of salad recipes in my blog these days,the reason is simple that I just want to add more recipes to the event hosting by me this month.This is also a opportunity for me to eat these healthy salads regularly.I had a cup of sprouts left over after making the delicious Misal pav last week and a small pack of bean sprouts that are left over which I got to make Gado Gado salad and they were also getting spoil as I could not make it on time.So I thought of adding those to the regular sprouts and make a salad which I had for my morning breakfast.As I have already posted one version of Moong Sprouts Salad in my blog I thought of making another version of it,chaat style which I love to eat with bombay puri which replaces the spoons wonderfully and are edible too.I used chorafari poori instead of Bombay puri as I had only them at that moment.There is no strict recipe for this as I do this every time according to the availability of ingredients in my pantry.I love to add either grapes or pomegranate kernels to sprouts as they pair up very nicely.

Ingredients:
1 cup mixed sprouts(I used moong,matki and bean sprouts)
1 onion,finely chopped
1 carrot,finely chopped
1 small cucumber,finely chopped
1 tomato,finely chopped
3 tbsp chopped coriander
8-10 green grapes,chopped
1 tbsp Imli chutney
1 tsp Green chutney(optional)
1/2 tsp chat masala
1/2 tsp red chili powder
juice of half lemon
fine sev to garnish
salt to taste
Bombay puri or Chorafari puri as a edible spoon to serve with

Method:

• Take sprouts,chopped vegetables in a big bowl.Add coriander to it and mix well.
• Now add Imli chutney,green chutney,salt,red chili powder,chat masala and lemon juice and mix well.Adjust the seasonings according to your taste.
• Serve it into individuals plates/bowls and garnish with coriander and fine sev.

Serve it immediately otherwise it leaves water after sometimes and make the sev soggy.

Variations:

1. You can add chopped raw mango to it.
2. You can even add two cups of puffed rice to convert it to a sprouts bhel.Adjust the seasonings accordingly.

This salad is going to participate in the 'Only' Salads event hosted by me,which is started by Pari of Foodelicious.

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Red Pumpkin Yogurt Salad

Red pumpkin is one vegetable which I do not cook much as hubby does not like it,he eats it only in sambar and that is the only way I always end up making with it.When I saw this recipe in Sukham Ayu,I liked the simplicity of the salad with a typical south Indian touch and was in mind from such a long time to make it.So,this time when I brought pumpkin I saved a small piece of it to make this salad for my lunch.It is a very simple one and you can make it in a breeze,the coolness from the yogurt,the sweetness from the pumpkin and crunchiness from the onions is well balanced with salt and the heat from green chili.

Ingredients:
1 cup bite size pieces of red pumpkin
1 small red onion,finely chopped
2 tbsp chopped coriander
1 small green chili,finely chopped
2 tbsp yogurt
salt to taste

for tadka:
1 tsp oil/ghee
1/4 tsp mustard
1/2 tsp urad dal
5-6 curry leaves
a pinch of hing

Method:

• Steam the red pumpkin pieces for 4-5 mins until its tender still firm.Cool them to a room temperature.
• in a bowl,mix in the red pumpkin pieces,chopped onions,green chilies,chopped coriander,salt and slightly beaten yogurt and mix well.Keep it refrigerated for an hour.
• Meanwhile heat oil/ghee in a small pan,crackle mustard seeds,urad dal,hing and curry leaves for a minute.
• Mix in the tadka with the salad and serve it cold.

Variations:
Red pumpkin can be replaced by diced cucumber/steamed white pumpkin/Zucchini for a variation.

This salad is going to participate in the 'Only' Salads event hosted by me,which is started by Pari of Foodelicious.

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