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Recipes: Keep cool and make salads
Updated On: 04 April, 2014 01:45 AM IST | | Kartiki Nitin Lawate
<p>As the temperature is soaring, try out these simple salad recipes and beat the heat</p>

Tandoori Watermelon, Mint and Fresh Cucumber Salad
Ingredients
> 100 gm watermelon slices
> 50 gm yoghurt
> 10 gm ginger garlic paste
> 5 gm red chilli powder
> 1 cucumber (thinly sliced)
> 6 fresh mint leaves
> 10 ml lemon juice
> 20 ml salad oil
> 5 gm coriander leaves
> Salt and pepper to taste
> 1 roasted papad
Method
> Prepare a marinade by mixing yoghurt, ginger garlic paste, red chilli powder salt and pepper.
> Cut watermelon slices into cubes and marinate with the prepared marinade.
> Cook in tandoor oven for 10 minutes, take it out and let it chill. It can also be roasted on the tawa, in case a tandoor is unavailable.
> Prepare lemon coriander dressing with lemon juice, chopped coriander leaves, salad oil and seasoning.
> Toss watermelon and cucumber with the dressing and serve chilled with fresh mint leaves and roasted papad.
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