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Panner summer salad

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Preparation time  : 10 minutes
Cooking time       :  nil
Serves                 : 4 members

Description

A family holiday to pondycherry for a weekend. All my crazy zing bang lot of NRI cousins along. We all being foodies, went crazy over each meal ordered. My last cousin brother’s wife always ordered salads for each meal that we happened to have the classy feta cheese water Melon salad twice. Back home running out of feta cheese in my pantry, I add panner instead. To play around, I just cut the panner and watermelons in to heart shape’s to pep up my regular table. Served it and it sure did bring in a surprise element to the table. The myth of having food hot is so strong at home that any savoury dish served chill is not welcome, so I end up eating the entire salad with the rest just having a taste. This salad is sure the apt dish to be had for a hot summer lunch to keep you cool.

Ingredients
Quantity
Panner / ricotta cheese200 grams cut into heart shapes
Water melon200 grams cut into heart shapes
Lettuce6 leaves
Coriander leavesfew chopped
Olive oil2 tablespoons
Salt + pepper corns ( crushed )to taste
Balsamic vinegar1 tablespoon

Method

  • Sprinkle salt over lettuce leaves and set aside.
  • Mix olive oil, balsamic vinegar, salt and pepper together.
  • Spread the lettuce leaves over the salad plate.
  • Arrange the panner and watermelon hearts alternately over lapping one another in two rows.
  • Drizzle dressing over the hearts. Place in the refrigerator until needed to be served.
  • Sprinkle chopped coriander leaves over the salad and serve chilled.

Pomegranate mock tail

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Preparation time : 5 minutes
Cooking time      : 5 minutes
Serves                : 2 members

Description

Getting to see all high end, classy looking mock tails at restaurant’s as a kid during my holidays to Bangalore, I used to wonder how they make these. Now, when I experiment with such mock tails, my mind travel’s back to those day’s of me awe struck seeing those long glass filled with chilled delicious drinks. I remember, at chola Sheraton hotel , chennai .. my cousin Aneez , my little brother and myself were having breakfast . We showed the waiter pointing our fingers to the next table mock tail drink and said ” we want that exact drink that they are having “. We were a crazy bunch I guess.
This mock tail was made to duplicate the mock tail I had at Bangalore in Nando’s restaurant. I just fell in love with how the pomegranate kernels were floating like jewels on top with the clear sparking water. I took my time to study what they must have done to get this effect. Then slowly drank it tasting it carefully registering the ingredients used. I tried my best to and came up with this mock tail drink that was yum. The sparking water sure does pep you up. Apt drink for the up coming summer for sure.

Ingredients

Ingredients
Quantity
Pomegranate juice300 ml
Sugar syrup10 ml
Ice cubes8
Sparkling water / soda water180 ml
Strawberries2 cut into heart shape
Pomegranate kernelsfew

Method

  • Mix pomegranate juice and sugar syrup together. Pour into two tall glasses to hall full.
  • Top with 4 ice cubes. Pour the sparking water slowly into the glass with the help of an inverted spoon.
  • sprinkle pomegranate kernels over. Decorator with heart shaped strawberries on the side of each tall glass. Serve chilled.