Soups and salads mean many things to people, playing different roles at different times. They can be a tasty and nutritional addition to any meal, a diet food, a healthy snack, a comfort food, or at times a whole meal itself! Whatever be the space they hold on your table and in your heart, salads and soups are indispensable, as they make use of a wide variety of vegetables and fruits, which are a rich source of fibre and antioxidants.
The best part is that salads and soups, while being very healthy, can be made extremely tasty too! The sad news, now, is that many people do not know the right techniques to balance taste and health, and end up adding loads of calorie-burdened butter, cream and cheese to the salads and soups. These ingredients being very high in calories, fat and cholesterol end up increasing our weight without doing any good to our body. Instead, making use of flavourful herbs and spices to prepare delectable soups and salads that are low-cal, healthy and tasty is the right way to go!
Our book on Healthy Soups and Salads helps you learn the art of soup and salad making through a collection of 45 well-researched recipes that are rich in vitamins A, B-Complex and C, iron, calcium, protein and fibre. The recipes, developed by experienced professionals and nutritionists, have an exotic tint but are made using easily available ingredients and simple procedures, ensuring you have no difficulty in preparing them.
Start your meal sans guilt with hale and hearty soups like vitamin A rich Spinach and Baby Corn Soup, iron-rich Spicy Salsa Bean Soup and fibre-rich Minty Vegetable and Oats Soup. Sink your teeth into crunchy salads like vitamin A rich Strawberry Rocket Leaves Salad, vitamin B rich Walnut and Cherry Tomato Salad, calcium-rich Lettuce and Paneer Salad in Sesame Dressing and protein-rich Black Bean and Bulgur Wheat Salad.
Once you have tried and enjoyed these delectable entrees, you can try and create many more delightfully healthy soups and salads on your own. With a little creativity, you can conjure up sumptuous options, which can serve as a quick snack or a mini meal itself!
Tap awake the chef in you, and take pride in cooking knowledgeably, aware of not just good taste but nutritional aspects too. Rest assured of your family's good health and happy life.
Welcome to the digital version of Tarla Dalal’s Healthy Soups and Salads! You can now carry your cookbook with you wherever you go. Although this book contains the same delicious and inspiring recipes as the print version, you might find the look-and-feel a bit different, due to the changes we have consciously implemented, to make using this eBook easy and interesting for you.
All the items in the menus are directly linked to the relevant pages, making navigation a breeze. Just click on any chapter in the Table of Contents, and you will be taken to a list of recipes in that chapter. Just choose, and click on any of those recipes, and you are ready to start cooking it, with the clear recipes and lovely images to inspire you. If you are in doubt about any of the ingredients, worry not… just click on it and you will be taken to the glossary section of our website, tarladalal.com, to view a simple description and easy explanation of the culinary usage of that ingredient. Many recipes are enhanced with their video links, so you can even enjoy watching your favourite recipes being prepared right in front of you.
