Fruits and Vegetable Summer Salad Recipe
In the middle of summer, we are always striving to eat cooler things, this Summer Salad is fresh, light on the stomach and very colorful. It’s a great salad to take-along for picnics, BBQs, cook-outs, pot-lucks or just a quick, healthy snack. Enjoy this salad by using the fruits that are in season and you will find that this is one dish that never gets old. Enjoy your summer and stay healthy.
Ingredients
- Cabbage – chopped
- Dried Apricots – soaked for 30 min in warm water and then chopped
- Raisins – soaked
- Figs – chopped
- Apples – chopped
- Banana – sliced
- Seedless Grapes – halved or quartered
- Tomatoes – chopped
- Green Beans – blanched and cut
- Cucumber – chopped
- Pears – chopped
- Peaches – chopped
- Apricots – chopped
- Mango (raw or ripe or both) – cut to cubes
- Cashew – chopped
- Walnuts – chopped
- Pecans – chopped
- Pistachios – chopped
- Hazelnuts – chopped
- Pine nuts – chopped or whole
- Almonds – chopped
- Salt – to taste
- Sugar – to taste
- Red Chilli Powder – to taste
- Chaat Masala – to taste
- Fresh Lime Juice
Instructions
- Add all or any of above ingredients in a mixing bowl.
- Season according to taste.
- Mix well.
- Cover and chill for an hour and serve cold.
Notes
1. Bananas taste great in this salad but if you are adding it, the shelf-life of the salad is a lot shorter and it needs to be consumed quickly.