Navaratna Salad

Ingredients for Navaratna Salad:

1. White chickpeas cooked – 1 cup
   Pomegranate seeds – ½ cup
   Tender beans – ¾ cup
   Carrot sliced thin – ½ cup
   Salad cucumber cut into square pieces – ¾ cup
   Spring onion – 3 stems, chopped thin
   Red capsicum – 1, chopped after removing seeds and inner portion

For dressing:

2. Olive oil – 1/3 cup
   Honey – 2 small spoons
   Salt, pepper powder, mustard powder – As required
   Lemon juice – From 1 lemon
   Crushed chillies – As required
3. Peanut candy crushed – To decorate

How to prepare Navaratna Salad?

1. Dip tender beans in warm water, then in cold water, and cut into 1.5-inch pieces.
2. Spread ingredients no: 1 in a serving dish.
3. Toss ingredients no: 2 in a closed bottle and prepare dressing.
4. Pour this mixture on top of the vegetables and gently mix it.
5. Decorate your Navaratna Salad with crushed peanut candy and serve.

Courtesy: Vanitha Magazine April 16-29, 2022

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