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    Home » Salad/Raita/Chutney

    Published: Mar 5, 2011 · Modified: Nov 29, 2019 by Usha Rao

    BM#3 Day 3: Ham Salad

    One of the most difficult part of cooking is deciding the menu. Every day, the big question is what do I cook? Like most of the days, yesterday I was asking myself the same question over and over again, and could not decide on anything. I did not want to cook chicken or fish, as we had already eaten it twice this week. We had decided that we would have salad for dinner. All I need was a non-veg side dish or something to add on to the salad. Then I remembered a pack of ham that I had bought last month to prepare mini ham quiche, for the last marathon and never got around to make it. So ham it was for our dinner. I sautéed some ham cubes with some green chilies and garlic, and added it to salad. It was not bad at all! I might make this again very soon for dinner. This is my entry to Sarah's Monthly Mingle: Think Pink, started by Meeta.

    Ham salad

    Total Time: 15 minutes
    Preparation Time: 10 minutes
    Cooking Time: 5 minutes
    Serves: 2

    Ingredients:
    Salad

    • 4 Leaves of Romaine Lettuce chopped or tear into big pieces
    • 3 Round Radish sliced
    • 1 Beetroot sliced
    • 1 Cucumber cut into semi-circles
    • ¼ Big Red Onion sliced
    • ½ cup Cooked Chickpeas or canned Chickpeas

    Vinaigrette

    • 1 tsp. Lime Juice
    • 1 tsp. Extra Virgin Oil
    • ⅛ tsp. Black Pepper Powder
    • Pinch of salt

    Sautéing Ham

    • 1 – 1 ½ tsp. Oil
    • 3 Green Chilies Chopped
    • 1 ½ tsp. crushed Garlic
    • 8 oz. cubed Ham
    Ham salad

    Preparation:

    • Peel radish, beetroot and cucumber. Wash and chop the vegetables as you desire.
    • Prepare the vinaigrette by mixing all the ingredients listed under vinaigrette.
    • Pour the vinaigrette over the salad and toss it.
    • Heat oil in a pan and sauté green chilies for about a minute.
    • Add garlic and sauté for a few seconds.
    • Add ham and cook for 2-3 minutes until the cubes are lightly roasted.
    • Top the salad with ham and serve.

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    1. Padma says

      March 06, 2011 at 10:46 pm

      Looks colorful.

      Reply
    2. Smitha says

      March 06, 2011 at 8:05 pm

      maybe I would substitute ham with turkey bologna!....looks good!

      Smitha
      Smitha's Spicy Flavors

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    3. Priya says

      March 06, 2011 at 4:20 pm

      My kids will definitely love this salad..

      Reply
    4. ila says

      March 06, 2011 at 3:43 pm

      Looks colourful and yummy

      Reply
    5. notyet100 says

      March 06, 2011 at 9:49 am

      salad looks delicious..

      Reply
    6. divya says

      March 05, 2011 at 11:44 pm

      looks colorful.....

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    7. Gayathri kumar says

      March 05, 2011 at 9:07 pm

      Looks so colourful..

      Reply
    8. savitha says

      March 05, 2011 at 7:34 pm

      loking great.

      Reply
    9. Sarah, Maison Cupcake says

      March 05, 2011 at 6:30 pm

      I love diced ham in salads, it hadn't occured to me that ham might crop up in Think Pink but I'm so glad it has! Thanks for taking part.

      Reply

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