Thursday 11 January 2007

Eating a salad with less mess


Is an explanation even necessary for this one? ;-)

Anything that can be consumed as a crudité can be folded into a flour tortilla (I find corn tortillas less pliable) इस तरह से (is tarah se - in this way) and dressed with a vinaigrette of choice, either within the roll itself or on the exposed cross-sections. Or, if you tend to make up for the lack of calories in the worst imaginable way as I sometimes do (no, I do not wonder why I can't seem to lose that last kilo), why not dump a tubful of cocktail sauce or some other member of of the same whisked egg yolk + mustard + oil family? Sin by all means! *evil grin*

Vegetables used in this picture: thin beetroot slices, coarsely shredded raw carrots and lettuce leaves. The dressing had shallot bits, yogurt, red wine vinegar, salt & pepper, olive oil, lemon juice and mustard.

Variations : my other favourite combination is rocket + grilled capsicum + sundried tomatoes + parmesan, but almost anything goes!

Body count: 0

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

hey, this is really less mess. all the mess is cleaned by the "edible tissue" -(tortilla). any drips on the plate can be cleaned up with the tortilla too, and less one plate to wash! LOL! ;p

Rasa Malaysia said...

Shilpa, thanks for leaving me comments...and welcome to Rasa Malaysia. Happy eating. :)

Shilpa said...

tigerfish, my sentiments exactly! :) haha, edible tissue!

rasa malaysia, no need to thank me! the photos on your site are absolutely droolworthy, so I think you'll be seeing imitations here soon! :)

Claude-Olivier Marti said...

Salut, j'aime beaucoup cette recette et la présentation !!! Un grand bravo

Amitiés gourmandes
Claude
P.S merci pour le lien sur mon blog, je vais faire de même ;-)

Shilpa said...

Ah Claude, tu es vraiment trop gentil! Merci! :) Venant de toi, qui cuisine si bien et qui a le plein d'idées au niveau présentation, je suis vraiment flattée! :)

Pour l'instant, je n'ai pas encore fait de post sur un plat typiquement européen, mais j'y songe.. reste à décider quoi... des recommendations? :)

Melting Wok said...

shilpa, your wraps are great :) We do tt lots here with smoked turkey (oops..sorry, another animal ?hehe), smoked havarti cheese, & some spicy ranch yummss :) Btw, did you use some sort of multigrain low carb wrap ? Cheers :)

Shilpa said...
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Shilpa said...

hi melting wok! I do eat animals occasionally, so it's ok to give me meaty suggestions! :) nah, my wraps were really ordinary flour tortillas, don't have a wide choice over here, we only have the brand Old El Paso. Not even sure it comes from El Paso, heh heh...

Melting Wok said...

I think our El Paso here is made in the old US of A haha, there goes..:)