Julienne Sausage Salad


Its a lovely recipe By Nita Mehta

For Salad (serves 4):

6 Chicken Sausages
6 Baby corns
100 gm Mushrooms
1/2 Green Capsicum, 1/2 Yellow Capsicum or 1 green Capsicum
1 Firm Tomato





For Dressing:

6 Tbsp oil (I use Olive oil around 4 tbsp.)
2 Tbsp Vinegar
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp Pepper
1/2 tsp Powdered sugar
1 tsp Mustard Paste
1 Tbsp Chopped Parsley (optional)
2-3 flakes garlic- crushed & chopped


1. Heat 1/2 tsp oil in a pan. Saute sausages for 1 minute. Remove & cut each sausage diagonally into 2-3 piesces.
2. Deseed capsicum and cut into strips. Remove the pulp of the tomato and cut into thin strips.
3. Blanch Baby corns and mushrooms in hot water to which a little salt and a few drops of lemon juice have been added. Strain.
Pat dry and cut baby corns diagonally and each mushroom into 4 pieces.
4. Mix sausages, mushrooms, baby corns, capsicum and tomato in a salad bowl.
5. Mix all the ingredients of the dressing in an empty bottle with a screw cap. Shake well.
6. Pour the dressing over the salad and toss. Chill.
7. Serve chilled on a bed of lettuce.

Enjoy!!

Comments

  1. Sandy14 July 2011 at 11:43

    My greentokri delivery is today.. this is on for tonight or the weekend. Thanks.

    ReplyDelete

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