Method of Preparation:
Put the diced tomatoes, cucumbers, onions and green chillies in a bowl. Sprinkle sugar, salt and finely grounded roasted cumin seeds. Squeeze lime juice and mix them well. It is best to preserve and serve them room temperature.
North Indian Style Salad also include Chaat which is prepared with fruit. It is prepared at home as well as served in the sidewalk stands. This salad is usually taken to keep our body cool in the sweltering heat of summer.
Ingredients required to prepare this chaat are
Cubes of all seasonal fruits like banana, oranges, apple, pear, nectarine, plums, guava, mango, pitted cherries, pineapple, kiwi, seedless grapes.
fresh lemon juice
cayenne
powdered roasted cumin seeds
paprika
a pinch of salt
a pinch of black pepper
a teaspoon of mint
a teaspoon of powdered ginger
Method of Preparation:
Put all the fruit cubes in a large bowl. Squeeze lemon juice in it. Mix salt, paprika, powder of cumin seeds, ginger powder and mint in a separate bowl. Add the mixture of the spices to the fruit bowl. Mix them well. Preserve them in the refrigerator and serve them chilled. It would help you to beat the summer heat. You can also mix yoghurt to the fruit bowl if you wish to make it tastier. Youghurt also helps you keep tour body cool. This preparation serves as an excellent side dish with meals and as a mineral salt supplement, lost by sweating in summer.
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