Sunday, June 6, 2010

Tomato - Cucumber Aspic Salad



Ingredients:
  • Tomato - 1
  • Chopped cucumber – 1 Table spoon
  • Agar agar powder – 1 g
  • Kiwi fruit juice – 1 Table spoon
  • Curry leaf - 1
  • Whole cardamom - 4
  • Red chili powder – ¼ Tea spoon
  • Oil – 1 Table spoon
  • Water – 130 ml
  • Salt - pinch
 Method:
  • Sauté chopped tomato in oil till it is mashed completely and allow this to cool.
  • Puree sautéed tomato and keep aside.
  • In a sauce pan, boil tomato puree with red chili powder, salt, curry leaf, whole cardamom and kiwi fruit juice.
  • After 3-4 minutes, remove curry leaf and whole cardamom from the tomato puree.
  • Mix agar agar powder with water and add to tomato puree mixture.
  • Allow this final mixture to boil until agar agar melts.
  • Pour this into a cup and keep at room temperature.
  • When the mixture is about to set add chopped cucumber and pour this into a mould.
  • Keep this in refrigerator for about 2 hours (don’t disturb while setting).
  • Before serving, slightly loosen the outer edges by using a knife and turn the mould upside down in a serving dish.
  • Enjoy this beautiful and colorful aspic salad with your family and friends.

23 comments:

  1. Those cucumbers look so fresh and delicious. I went and got some little baby cucumbers at Costco the other day. Can't wait to try this.

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  2. That is so lovely and looks great dear....

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  3. looks awesome dear!!!
    Lovely presentation :-)

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  4. wow This definitely a summer salad that I would love to have!

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  5. Nice salad and lovely presentation .

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  6. Wow this is so new to me and looks awesome

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  7. Beautiful and prefect salad for upcoming summer..very prefect entry too..

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  8. awesome presentation and perfect way to get ourselves refreshed....
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  9. oh yum, this looks so fresh and perfect for summer!

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  10. Lovely salad..nice presentation.

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  11. WOW...what a beautiful looking salad...so tempting...perfect for hot summer days...love the presentation...too good...thanks for sharing this!

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  12. Looks so beautiful salad. Well presentation!!

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  13. seeing the pic i thought its jelly.. saw cucumbers and then realised its a salad.. awesome :) perfect for summer

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  14. New dish..romba puthusaa irukku enakku! looks delicious Veni!

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  15. WOW !! that looks awesome..very new dish. Perfect for this weather.

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  16. Grt idea! thanks for sharing..

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  17. Healthy n yummy salad dear,,,looks perfect n easy..looks beautiful colour dear..

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  18. Healthy n yummy salad dear,,,looks perfect n easy..looks beautiful colour dear..

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  19. this is so lovely and delicious :)

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  20. Hello friends thanks a lot for your encouraging comments

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  21. delicious salad never had this before

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