Cucumber - Raw Mango Salad for Vegan Thursday

Salads have become a daily routine here. I am happy that I've lost few kilos, so do my hus. !!!  But it is quite difficult to include more vegetables during my busy preparations for breakfast. So I restrict myself with 2-3 veggies in daily salad. Today, I am going to share with you all a very tempting salad. I prepare this quite often and whenever I prepare, I always feel that why have I not prepared more. 

 
 

Ingredients:

Cucumbers - long -2
Raw Mango (green) - 1
Finely chopped Coriander leaves
Grated Carrot 2-3 tbsp
Salt and Pepper powder
Juice from a half lemon

Method:

Cut cucumber into small cubes. Remove the skin of green mango and cut into small cubes. Chop coriander leaves. Grate carrot.

Combine chopped cucumber, green mango, carrot and coriander leaves in a big bowl. Add salt, pepper powder and lemon juice. Mix well and serve.

Serves: 1-2

Linking this recipe to Vegan Thursdays. This happens every first and last thursday of every month and we share pure vegan recipes. To know more or to join, click here. 

Cucumber Olive Salad

I munch on cucumber or make raita. I've never made salad with cucumber. I thought why not prepare it.Here is the recipe. It came out so well and I love it.

Ingredients:

2 medium sized cucumbers
1 small non juicy Tomato
3 tsp sliced olives
1 tsp white vinegar
2 pinch of pepper powder
Salt

Preparation:

Slice cucumber as thin as possible. Cut tomatoes into small pieces.

Method:

In a large bowl, combine sliced cucumbers, chopped tomatoes, vinegar,olives, pepper powder and salt. 
Give it a toss. 
Keep it for half an hour and then serve.

Serves: 1

Notes:

You can add chopped coriander leaves. I just wanted to serve it plain.
You can also add black olives to give a nice color and taste to the salad.
Since this is a cucumber salad, I have included it more and added other ingredients in lesser proportions. 


Linking this recipe to Dish in 30 Minutes; Soups and Salads of Saras kitchen and Hearty and Healthy event of My Culinary Trial Room.

Cucumber Cream Shake

Usually Condensed Milk is added to make coolers like this. I didn’t get it here nearby. So I googled and found out that Condensed Milk can be replaced by Cream. I replaced and christened this as Cream Shake. But I could not find the correct difference between these two or is there any difference really??? If you know, please leave it as a comment.

Ingredients (for one serving):

Cucumber 2

Cream 1 ½ tsp

Sugar 2 tsp or to taste

Water

Preparation:

Peel the skin of Cucumber and roughly chop it.

Method:

Combine chopped Cucumber and Water and blend till smooth. Add Sugar and blend well. Add Cream and again blend.

Serve Chilled.

Serves: 1

Notes:

Adjust Sugar and Cream according to your taste. I peeled the skin so as to feed my little one. This can also be made without peeling the skin.