1. Carrot Pomegranate Salad Ingredients (for 2-3 people) Carrots: 2-3 Pomegranate: ¼ Salt and sugar: to taste Lemon: to taste The basic spice mix – cooked in oil Instruments Big salad bowl Vegetable grater Method 1. Grate carrots 2. Cut pomegranate open and remove seeds 3. Add salt, sugar and lemon if desired 4. Add the cooked spice mix and stir thoroughly 5. Add chopped, fresh green coriander

2. Cucumber Tomatoe Raita Ingredients (for 2-3 people) Cucumber: 2 Tomatoe: 1 Curd/ plain yoghurt Ground peanuts Salt and sugar: to taste Dry, ground coriander and fresh coriander Instruments Big salad bowl Cutting instruments Method 1. Chop cucumber and tomatoes into small pieces 2. Mix with curd, ground peanuts salt and sugar 3. Add 1-2 spoons of the prepared basic spice mix and stir well 4. Garnish with fresh corriander Variations Try grating cucumbers alone for a cucumber raita. You can also make this or the previous salad with or without curd and use any vegetable such as cabbage, spinach, cauliflower, radish, beet, boiled potatoe etc.

3. Fresh Fruit Salad This makes a delicious and healthy desert or snack Ingredients Fruits of choice: apple, chikoo, guava, banana, orange, pineapple, mango, cherry, papaya, grapes, etc… Sugar Salt Curd Saffron Cashew nuts, almonds Assorted dry fruits if desired Instruments Big salad bowl Method 1. Cut fruits into bite size pieces 2. Add Curd, nuts, dry fruits and saffron if desired or you can just leave it plain! 3. Add sugar and salt to taste You can mix fruits with curd or yoghurt but do not mix fruits with milk. According to Ayurvedic diet fruits and milk should not be combined.