Wednesday 6 March 2013

Shepherd's Salad (Choban Salad)

Hi Friends,
Shepherd's Salad or Choban Salad is famous salad from Turkey.....Its a summer salad totally refreshing and light.
Main ingredients of the dressing are olive oil, lemon juice or vinegar.....It is originally main dish of shepherds that's why the name Shepherd's Salad is given to it ...
Its easily made up by the veggies available in the market, So enjoy the colourful and light salad this summer ...



Ingredients:

  • 2  tomatoes (De-seed and chopped)
  • 1 English cucumber (Chopped with peel)
  • 1 green bell pepper (De-seed and chopped)  
  • 1 big onion (Sliced) 
  • 3-4 tbsp of chopped  parsley
  • 1/2 cup Feta cheese (Chopped) Optional
  • Juice of 1 lemon
  • 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • Salt to taste
  • 1/2 tsp pepper powder
  • Garnish: Chopped parsley


Method:


  • Mix all the chopped vegetables and feta cheese in a bowl. 
  • Add chopped  parsley and toss well. Keep the salad in the fridge. 
  • Before serving squeeze the lemon, add olive oil, pepper powder and salt . Whisk nicely.


  • Pour on the salad. Toss gently. 
  • Garnish with parsley and serve chilled.



Sending this recipe to:

        Pari's Blog                                                        Raksha's Blog
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15 comments:

Sangeetha Nambi said...

Super colorful and real healthy salad...
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Jayanthy Kumaran said...

great pics...good & healthy recipe...thanks for sharing..;)
Tasty Appetite

Shruti Dhingra Wahi said...

Thanks Sangeetha and Jay ....

Vimitha Durai said...

Very healthy and colorful salad

My World My Home said...

Wow...lovely salad....looks yummy...

Unknown said...

yummy salad and yummy clicks:)colorful

meenab said...

just the thing i wud love to have except dont like olive oil so wud just mix it and have it
good one i wud make with whatever veggies i have

Niesha said...

Healthy, delicious looking salad.:)

Raksha said...

Salad looks yummy.

Thanks for linking this to ONLY Continental cooking event and giveaway.

divya said...

Wowwww... looks super tempting and delicious.. lovely clicks too :)

Shruti Dhingra Wahi said...

Thanks all for your wonderful comments :-)

Unknown said...

you are an expert in diet recipes dear :) have to learn a lot from u..

Shruti Dhingra Wahi said...

Thanks so much Preethi .. Its a huge compliment for me :-)
In fact I too have to learn a lot from you :-)

Jannet Loves to Experiment said...

It looks so much like Greek Salad. Your photographs highlight the freshness of the salad.

Raksha said...

Hey thanks for linking this to ONLY EVENT.

-Raksha