Healthy Salad and much more......

Allhumdulliah as the fasts continue, it is bit difficult to choose quick and healthy recipes for Iftar all the time. Iftar (Arabic: إفطار‎), refers to the evening meal when we break the fast during the holy month of Ramadan. Dates are the first to consume. Depending on the country and their relative traditions the recipes for Iftar vary. People of Hyderabad, India relish on much popular Haleem as it is perfect to boost the energy levels and filling too.. Festivals, fasts, celebrations, events,….will come to life when we are staying with whole family. It’s always boring to think what to cook for only two people and that to when one has to go office and other has to stay back. Times like that a simple salad with a healthy touch is quite filling and satisfying.

Kala chana/Black chickpea are rich with Vitamin A, B1 and B3 and has small amount of thiamine, riboflavin, niacin and Vitamin C in it. They also carry potassium, phosphorus, iron and calcium with good amount of sodium with them. So a cup of these to go with fresh, juicy red pomegranate seeds, carried by green chilli which gives spicy taste along with juicy red tomatoes, crunchy onions, lemon giving that tangy taste with fresh coriander leaves making it healthy, tasty and indulging……..

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 cup Black chickpeas/Kala chana, soaked and boiled until soft
• 1 Onion, peeled and finely chopped
• 1 Tomato, deseeded and finely chopped
• ½ Cucumber/kheera
• 1 Green chili, deseeded and finely chopped
• 6-7 tbsp fresh Pomegranate seeds
• 3 tbsp fresh Lime juice
• 2 tbsp fresh chopped Coriander leaves
• Salt

PREPERATION:

• Mix and indulge.
• Last but not least add your 'love' to make the dish 'YUMMY'.

NOTE: I soaked kala chana overnight and pressure cooked until soft.

Now coming to much more as I mentioned in the title.......

First to come are my entries to WYF:Breakfast Event by EC of Simple Indian Food, who is hosting this event in celebration of her blog's second anniversary. Happy Bloganniversary dear EC.

Second in the row is, I did a complete makeover to my Food Blogroll. Now it is not only a place where you can see the yummy updates of the fellow food bloggers but also you can know the current food and food photography events running in the blogs worldwide. If you are missing out there then drop in a comment to get added....http://foodbloggerhub.blogspot.com/

Third to annouce is I am pairing up with Siri of Siri's Corner to maintan Events and RoundUps page. If you are hosting any event, do drop a comment there to let know more and more people about the event(s).

RAMADAN SPECIAL: Check out for an updated list of members participating globally in Joy From Fasting To Feasting (Season-II)