Summer mango salad, a colorful and punchy salad with summer fruits and veggies. This hot and spicy salad is brought together with a creamy and spicy almond butter dressing. A salad with all the flavors.
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Growing Love for Salads
I've recently begun sharing hearty salad recipes. The Lentil Salad with lemon tahini dressing I made a few days ago was a big hit at home. Even my salad-hating elder fella loved it. The key was the protein; he's started working out and is now looking for more protein-rich meals.
Not only kids, I know few friends who hate the word salad. The only salad both the kids enjoy is this pasta salad, for obvious reason. They also enjoy this mixed bean and rice salad. They think of it as a kind of rice and have it with a big serving of yogurt.
Some interesting Salad Ideas
The secret to make salad interesting, is to keep them simple. Simple ingredients and really simple dressing makes it delish and doable.
We love this Quinoa Kosambari and bulgur salad. Both these salads make a filling meal with a glass of chilled buttermilk on the side. We love this orzo pasta salad. It makes an easy and filling meal anytime. Kids also enjoy it when they see pasta.
During summer, the season of mangoes, we love this mango and sprouts salad. Today's colorful summer mango salad is added to that list.
Indian households often keep soaked chickpeas or black-eyed peas frozen for later use. This makes it easy to prepare these quick and filling chickpea salad, blackeyed peas salad, black chana salad.
Check this Quinoa Chickpeas Salad Bowl
Ingredients for making this Mango Salad
- Vegetables : I have used raw mango, cucumber, carrot and sweet corn in this colorful summer salad.
- Fruits : I have use ripened Badami variety mango, orange, and apple in this delish mango salad.
- Fat : I have used almond butter in the summer salad dressing.
- Spices : a dash of chili powder along with salt and some honey to oomph the taste in this hot and spicy mango salad.
- Garnish : nothing beats a handful of crushed crunchy peanuts and calcium rich roasted sesame seeds.
Why you would love this Refreshing Summer Salad
- Simple ingredients, as i said, keep it simple, to make it easy
- Punchy flavors, the chili powder in the dressing, adds amazing taste to the salad.
- A great make ahead recipe, just chop veggies, refrigerate in an air tight container and just toss everything dressing just before serving.
- Can be made wholesome when you add protein to it, like sauteed paneer or spiced tofu.
How I made this Summer Mango Salad
Please check recipe card below for exact measurements of each ingredient used and also for the detailed instructions
- Wash and prepare all ingredients. Peel the skin of carrot and raw mango. I have kept the peel of cucumber for the crunch.
- Microwave cook peanuts at high for 2-3 minutes, towards the end add the sesame seeds too. Once done, remove and let them cool down completely to add in the salad.
- Microwave cook sweet corn for 2 minutes with water. Drain and keep aside.
- Using a peel i have peeled the raw mango, carrot and cucumber into thin strips. Add this in to a large bowl.
- To this add chopped apple, segmented oranges, chopped ripened mango and corn.
- Mix them well. To the same bowl, add almond butter, honey, chili powder and salt and using clean hands mix it well.
- Add crushed crunchy peanuts and sesame seeds to the salad and serve.
Summer Mango Salad | Mango Salad With Almond Butter Dressing
Ingredients
- 2 small green mangoes peeled
- 1 ripened badami mango only the flesh part
- 1 pink lady apple keep the peel
- 1 small orange peeled, seeds removed and sectioned
- 2 cucumbers keep the peel
- 2 carrots peeled
- ¼ cup frozen corn microwave cooked for 2 minutes
Dressing
- 1 tablespoon almond butter
- 2 teaspoon honey
- ¾ teaspoon red chili powder
- Salt to taste
Toppings
- ¼ cup roasted peanuts roughly crushed
- 2 tablespoon roasted sesame seeds
Instructions
- Take peanuts in a microwave safe bowl and microwave high for 2-3 minutes at high. Check after every minute, take care not to burn it. Once done, remove it from the microwave, let it cool down.¼ cup roasted peanuts
- If you are roasting sesame seeds, add it to the peanuts towards the last one minute. Let the roasted peanuts and sesame seeds cool down well before using it in the salad.2 tablespoon roasted sesame seeds
- Microwave cook corn in a glass bowl with water for 2 minutes. Drain and keep aside until use. ¼ cup frozen corn
Prepare the Fruits and Vegetables
- Wash the fruits and veggies used in the salad.
- Peel the skin of green mangoes and carrots. I kept the cucumber peel for the crunch and contrast.
- I have used the peeler to fancy cut the veggies into thin strips, you can chop it however you feel comfortable.
- Cut the raw mango, cucumber and carrot into thin strips. 2 small green mangoes, 2 cucumbers, Salt to taste
Assemble the Salad
- Take all the thin strip of veggies into a large bowl. To this add cut ripened mango. Finely chopped apples. Segment the oranges and add it to the bowl. 1 ripened badami mango,b1 pink lady apple, 1 small orange
- Add the drained corn to the bowl and mix it well.
Let's add the Dressing
- To the bowl of veggies and fruits, add chilli powder, salt, almond butter and honey. 1 tablespoon almond butter, 2 teaspoon honey,¾ teaspoon red chili powder, Salt to taste
- Use your clean hands to mix up the salad with the dressing. Hands are the best, helps to infuse the flavors well into the veggies and fruits.
- Just before serving, add roasted peanuts and sesame seeds to the salad and serve fresh.
If Making Ahead
- If serving the salad later, i would recommend, not to add dressing and toppings immediately.
- Store the cut veggies and fruits in an air-tight container in the refrigerator. Mix the dressing in a separate jar and refrigerate.
- Remove the salad and dressing just before serving, Mix, add the toppings and serve.
Nutrition
Disclaimer
I m not a Doctor or a Nutritionist The Nutrition information provided above comes from the plugin and is only an estimate.
Niloufer Riyaz
wow what a colourful salad. thank u 4 sending it to my event
R
looks super yum and healthy!! good to know u r losing weight 🙂
Sayali
Nice blog
Sudha
hey
nice to see soemone who shares similar ideas :)...loved ur blog
sangeeta
Healthy and yummy recipes ...
Nice blog !!