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Quinoa, barley and pomegranate salad
Want a treat that’s extra healthy? Pair quinoa with your favourite salad and fruits! Chef Rahul Dhavale from The Westin Mumbai Garden City tells us how.
Ingredients
3 cups cooked quinoa, 1 cup barley, ½ cup cooked chickpeas, 1 cup pomegranate arils, 6 cape gooseberries, 100g cherry tomatoes, 2 whole lemons (preserved and cut in thin strips), 100g toasted hazelnuts, 1 tbsp fresh dill sprigs, 1 tbsp fresh thyme sprigs, 1 tbsp lemon balm sprigs, 1 tbsp mint sprigs, 100ml extra virgin olive oil, 1 tbsp fresh oregano, 30ml honey, 1 tbsp paprika (optional), salt and pepper to taste.
Method
- Wash, dry and chill all the fresh ingredients. Remove them from the fridge just before assembling the salad.
- Cut the gooseberries into quarters and halve the cherry tomatoes.
- Chop up the hazelnuts and oregano separately.
- Prepare a dressing by mixing extra virgin olive oil, honey, oregano, salt and pepper.
- In a salad bowl, mix the quinoa, barley and chickpeas along with the pomegranate arils.
- Scatter the gooseberries and tomatoes on top. Add the preserved lemon strips and hazelnuts.
- Garnish with herb sprigs. Mix the dressing well and drizzle generously.
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Red dragon fruit and quinoa salad with sweet lemon dressing
Chef Rohan D’Souza, from Silver Beach Café, Fort, gives us a hearty salad recipe that combines quinoa with an exotic fruit.
Ingredients
1 red dragon fruit (diced or scooped into balls), ½ cup cooked quinoa, a handful of baby spinach, ½ roasted yellow bell pepper (not diced), 1 sliced onion, 80g chopped sundried tomatoes, a few sprigs of fresh coriander, cooked filo pastry flakes (brushed with butter and baked for a few minutes till bronze or lightly brown)
For the sweet lemon dressing: Juice from 1½ lemons, 60ml rapeseed oil, ½ tbsp caster sugar, salt and pepper.
Method
- Mix the ingredients for the salad dressing and set aside.
- Assemble the rest of the salad ingredients except the filo pastry.
- Mix well with the dressing and seasoning.
- Plate it up and add the crispy filo pastry.