Cottage Cheese & Fruit salad

12:15 AM

Skimmed Milk Cottage Cheese is a good source of protein and blends well with other veggies. Pineapple, Cucumber, Apple, gauva which are all low in calories along with Olives which add essential omega-3 fatty acids to this healthy bowlful of salad.This bowlful of salad which is low in calories but high in antioxidants and Omega-3 fatty acids is a perk up food and is also excellent for the skin nourishment. This recipe has been adopted from Tasty Eating For Healthy Living by Sanjeev Kapoor.

Ingredients:

200 grams skimmed milk Cottage Cheese cut into cubes
1 teaspoon of garlic paste
1 tablespoon of lemon juice
1 teaspoon of red chilli powder
1/2 teaspoon of mixed dried herbs
1 1/2 tablespoon of olive oil
salt to taste
A cup of fresh pineapple cut into cubes
1 apple cut into cubes
1 guava cut into cubes
1 large cucumber cut into cubes
6 to 8 black olives sliced
4 to 5 grapes

For the Salad Dressing:

1 1/2 tablespoon of olive oil
2 tablespoon of Vinegar
1 teaspoon of honey
1 teaspoon of mustard powder
1/2 teaspoon of crushed black pepper
1/2 teaspoon of white pepper powder

Let's Learn How to make this:

Mix together the garlic paste, lemon juice, chilli powder, dried herbs, salt along with the olive oil. Marinade the cottage cheese in this mixture in the refrigerator for 15 to 20 minutes.

Mix together all the ingredients for the dressing in a bowl.

Arrange the cottage cheese on a skewer . Heat the Non Stick Pan and place the skewer on it.

Cook the cottage cheese on both the sides till brown. Remove the cottage cheese pieces off the skewer and transfer onto a plate and set aside to cool.