Today, there was a potluck lunch meet with my school alumni group. And I had to make a salad.

So, I made a healthy and colourful mixed fruit and vegetable salad. I have added roasted nuts as a garnish to give a good crunch.

This a wholesome and a complete salad which can be had as a light meal.

I was really when everyone appreciated and said that the salad was good and it was a pleasure seeing everyone enjoy the salad:)

Ingredients

Carrots – 4

Cucumber – 4 ( seedless variety)

Green capsicum- 1

Red capsicum- 1

Yellow capsicum – 1

Boiled fresh corn – 2 cups

Apple – 2

Pineapple – 1/2

For the dressing

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Lemon – 2

Honey- 1 tbsp

Crushed pepper – 11/2- 2 tsps

Red chilli flakes – 1 tsp

Oil – 2 tbsps

Salt to taste

For garnish

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Chopped coriander leaves – 1/2 cup

Peanuts – 1/2 cup

Walnuts – 1/4th cup

Sesame seeds – 1 tbsp

Method

Wash, peel and grate the carrots.

Wash, peel and cut cucumber into small cubes.

Wash and cut capsicums, apple and pineapple into cubes.

In a big bowl add all the chopped vegetables and fruits. Add the boiled corn and mix well.

Keep it in the fridge for some time.

To make the dressing

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Cut the lemons and squeeze to extract the juice.

To the lemon juice, add the honey, crushed pepper, chilli flakes, oil and salt to taste. Mix well.

To make the garnish

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Crush the walnuts.

Heat a pan. Add peanuts, walnuts and sesame seeds and dry roast till it becomes golden and crisp.

To serve the salad

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Add the dressing to the salad and mix well.

Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and roasted nuts and seeds and serve immediately:)