Burmese Cucumber Onion Salad

Unlike American cuisine, where Salads are served as an appetizer course, or before the main entree, salads are part of the main meal itself in Burma. They are served alongside curries/noodles or as a single dish at lunchtime. There are salads that are eaten as a snack and sold as street fare too. This particular … [Read more…]

Zucchini Salad with Minty Yogurt Dressing

Zucchini are cheap during summer, and I bought quite a lot of them. I made this salad today in a jiffy, in an attempt to use up the excess zucchini and we loved it. Whats great about this salad, is that it makes a great appetizer/finger food. You don’t need to serve it up, or … [Read more…]

Orange Walnut Mixed Greens Salad

Eating greens raw is very foreign to Indians, and I felt the same way too. We are so not used to the notion of something that is raw, tasting good. I forced myself to eat salads, when I couldn’t eat anything else because of my gestational diabetes. My diet salad consisted of greens, chopped egg … [Read more…]