BEAN SPROUTS & ASPARAGUS SALAD
Total required time: 40 minutes
Serve 6

INGREDIENTS

1 cup bean sprouts
1 cup asparagus spears, blanched and trimmed
½ cup red cabbage, shredded
½ cup tomatoes, deseeded, sliced
½ cup yellow bell pepper, sliced
2 sticks celery, cut into pieces
½ cup French beans, blanched, trimmed
1tbsp butter or 1tbsp olive oil

Dressing
Make a paste of: - (½ cup roasted peanut, 2-3 dry red chillies, ½ cup tamarind pulp, 1tbsp brown sugar, 2tsp Thai sweet chilly sauce) salt and pepper to taste

GARNISH

Boiled corn grains

TO SERVE

With soup and starter

METHOD

1. Heat butter or oil in a non-stick pan, sauté asparagus and red cabbage for 2-3 minutes and transfer them into a salad-mixing bowl..
2. Add bean sprouts, tomatoes, celery and yellow bell pepper.
3. Toss and mix well, pour the dressing and toss again nicely.
4.Arrange on a serving platter, garnish with boiled corn grain, chill and serve with soup and starter.

KOMAL'S TIP
1. Hard-boiled egg whites can be quartered and added for variation and new taste.