Asparagus Salad

ASPARAGUS ....

It was one of the few veggies which unfortunately, had very less cache to my basket from market. But luckily... i tried once when it attracted me with its young and greenly look. I prepared a salad out of it which grabbed everyone's heart with its taste. Now it has now become one of the constant veggie in my basket now a days. Try this salad for rotis , jeera rice or Pulav which goes very well with these mouth watery salad.

Asparagus:

•  can detoxify our system
•  has anti-aging functions
•  is considered an aphrodisiac
•  can protect against cancer
•  reduces pain and inflammation
•  can prevent osteoporosis and osteoarthritis
•  reduces the risk of heart disease
•  can help prevent birth defects

Ingredients :

Asparagus spears - 1 bunch trimmed

Olive oil - 1 tspn

garlic - 1 small bud/ glove thrashed / grated  

pudhina ( mint ) - 1 or 2 leaves

chilli flakes - 1/2 tspn

lemon juice - 1/2 tspn

Flax seeds - 1/2 spn

Basil leaves & herbs - 1/4 spoon (Optional )

salt - to taste

Method:

1. Wash and trim the ends of asparagus .  

2.  Cut the green asparagus into 2 -3 parts each.

  3.  Keep pan on stove and add few drops of olive oil ( or whichever oil you prefer ) . 
       Saute the asparagus.

4. Add lemon juice , grated garlic bud , mint leaves , chili flakes , salt and mix all these well. Then add the stir fried asparagus to this and mix well. 

5. Sprinkle some basil leaves and herbs along with broken flax seeds. Serve it as salad or as side dish for roti or rice.

Nutrients in
Asparagus
1.00 cup raw (134.00 grams)

Nutrient%Daily Value

vitamin K69.6%

vitamin A20.2%

folate17.4%

iron15.9%

vitamin B112.6%

vitamin C12.5%

copper12.5%

tryptophan12.5%

vitamin B211.1%

fiber10.9%

manganese10.5%

molybdenum8.9%

potassium7.7%

vitamin E7.5%

phosphorus6.9%

vitamin B36.5%

vitamin B66%

protein5.9%

choline5%

zinc4.8%

magnesium4.6%

selenium4.4%

vitamin B53.7%

calcium3.2%

Calories (26)1

%

Nutrients Courtesy http://www.whfoods.com

Marinated potato

Marinated pottato :
Ingredients : 
Baby potato - 250 gms
Fresh curd - 3 tspn
turmeric powder - 2 pinch
chilli powder - 1/2 spn
garam masala powder - 1 spn
dry mango powder -1pinch
methi leaves / kari leaves powder - 1 pinch
black salt- to taste
salt - to taste
butter - 1 spn
oil  - 3 spns

Preparation :

• Half steam cook baby potatoes and peel off the skins.
• Pork it with fork on 1 or 2 sides before marination.
• Mix curd and all other ingredients along with salt ,butter & oil.
• Mix potatoes now with the curd mixture and leave for 3-4 hrs .
• Preheat OTG oven .
• Spread aluminium foil over the tray and spread out the potatoes .
• Set temperature at 180 deg Cel. and place the tray and cook for 20 - 30 min.
• Crispy baby potatoes are ready to serve .

Goes well with curd dip / cheese dip .

Sesame gun chilli powder

Ingredients :
Sesame seeds - 100 gm
Red chillies - 4
Garlic pods - 5
Salt to taste

Healthy , Easy to prepare and ready in 2 min.

Dry fry sesame seeds in pan. Then fry dry red chillies with 1 drop of oil. Grind these two with salt coarsely in mixie. Add garlic pods and grind for 1 whirl and dry this mix in shadow for half a day before you store this in a container . This will last for a week . Good combo for dosai , idly and rotti.