Thursday, May 1, 2014

Fiesta Salad with Creamy Chipotle Dressing


I made this easy breezy, colorful and healthy salad for a potluck recently. I forgot to take a picture that day, but this is an earlier file picture. Everybody loved it and wanted the recipe, so here it is:

Ingredients:
1 Lettuce head, 2 Tomatoes, 2 Cucumbers, 1 can Sliced olives, Corn (cooked if frozen), mixed peppers (yellow, red, green etc), 1 small bunch green/spring onion, cilantro (optional).

Dressing: 1/2 cup Olive oil, for all of these: sugar, salt and pepper, lime juice/vinegar - add to taste, 2-3 chipotle peppers in adobo sauce (canned) (as per desired spiciness), 1/4 cup sour cream. Blend everything in a mixer.

Topping: Crushed Doritos chips.

Method: Cut all the vegetables and put them in a salad bowl.Feel free to add other vegetables as per your liking. Pour the dressing over them and add crushed doritos. Mix lightly and serve.

The best part of this salad is that it is highly versatile. You can add or delete pretty much any ingredient as per your taste.

Works great for Cinco de Mayo potlucks!!

26 comments:

Ria J said...

thanks for sharing reipe. it looks very delicious.

Thecakenest said...

It is very healthy and tasty salad...colorful..

Shaami (Shajitha Habeeb) said...

Love that sweet and sour taste.

Unknown said...

Tasty and healthy,...... Happy to follow you, would gr8 if you follow me back!

Binys Recipes said...

love the salad....

Gita Jaishankar said...

Nice flavorful salad....looks good :)

R said...

Thanks Ria,Bhawna,Shaami,Sony, Biny, Gita!!

Unknown said...

Looks wonderful

Hema said...

Colorful and delicious salad..

R said...

thanks Shweta and Hema!

www.mahaslovelyhome.com said...

Innovative And colourful salad.

R said...

@Maha: Thanks!!

Unknown said...

Salad looks yummy and i am sure it would taste delicious..!!

Unknown said...

Colorful Salad..

R said...

Thanks Rashi and Sreevalli!!

Shobha said...

Looks delicious :)

R said...

thanks Shobha!

Anonymous said...

this salad looks gorgeous and delicious....perfect for fiesta time :-)

Chitra said...

Lovely colorful recipe.wish to try once :)

pepper bowl said...

very tempting dish!!

Harini said...

Great one,looks different and tempting

Zoe said...
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Zoe said...

Hi R,

Please pardon me and my typo error in my previous comment...

Love the lovely colours of your salad! Definitely a perfect dish to bring for a picnic :D

Nice to know you via blogging. I'm now your latest blog follower and hope that you can follow mine. Cheers! :D

Zoe

R said...

thanks Kumar's kitchen, chitra, Suja, Harini and Zoe!!

Unknown said...

Salads are my all time favourite. Too good.

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