Tiranga Salad

This recipe is based out of some blog written by a wonderful woman :-) . made some alteration to it  so ...did not name it yet....but the color seemed to be our tri color flag...and hence named it tiranga salad...and it tasted tooo good !! i here it is....tasty ...eye catchy...

INGREDIENTS :-

Capsicum :- 1 cup (chopped into very tiny pieces)

Carrot :- 1 cup (chopped into very tiny pieces)

Cabbage :- 1 cup (chopped into very tiny pieces)

(make sure all the three are in equal amounts)

Onions :-1 big(chopped into very tiny pieces)

Dry red Chillies :- 2-3 (can be varied according to taste)

Salt :- as required

Olive Oil/Butter :- 1 tablespoon

Garlic pods :- 5-6 cut into tiny pieces

Peanuts :- ¾ cup

Lemon :- 1 (cut into two halves...squeeze lemon juice from it)

Chat masala :- a pinch

Pepper powder :- a pinch

Coriander/Cilantro/kothimeera :- ½ bunch(wash well and chop)

METHOD :-

1. Dry roast peanuts, dry chillies in a pan till they are roasted well.
2. Allow them to cool and grind into fine powder ( or you can just whip it instead of fine powder)
3. Take half teaspoon butter/olive oil in a pan and add finely chopped capsicum,carrot,cabbage ,salt and saute them for few minutes till they become bit soft or bit blanched.
4. In a spatula heat remaining butter/olive oil and add sliced garlic pods and fry them till they turn golden brown
5. Now mix well fried garlic pieces, chopped onions, sauteed carrot-capsicum-cabbage , lemon juice, chat masala, pepper powder, ground peanut-chilly mixture .
6. Decorate it with chopped coriander.

Variation :- You can add grated coconut too .

Can be eaten with roti or as snack.