174. corn and tomato salad with avocado dressing

A colourful salad

  Avocados are in abundance at the moment and I am adding it to my salad practically every day. Today, I thought of making a dressing using the avocado instead of just chopping it and adding it to the salad. I love avocado dressing. Its a great alternative for mayonnaise or other egg based dressings. I was lucky to get some plum tomatoes from Nakumatt. We don't get these delicious tomatoes often here. Whenever I am in UK or India, I prefer using plum or cherry tomatoes for my salads. However this does not deter me from making the salad whenever these tiny tomatoes are not available. I just use the normal ones. 
   This salad is so colourful that anyone would get tempted to have it. I served it with a flat bread as dinner. Going to bed with a light stomach is good for health. The secret to any good salad is fresh, crispy, crunchy ingredients. Go one make this salad and enjoy it.


updated 09/06/2016







CORN AND TOMATO SALAD WITH AVOCADO DRESSING
4 servings

10 -12 cherry/plum tomatoes or 2 big tomatoes
1 cup cooked sweet corn
½ medium onion thinly sliced
1 sweet pepper, any colour of your choice
10 -12 olives, green, black or red
¼ cup chopped spring onion

Dressing :
½ medium avocado 
¼ cup yogurt
10 to 12 basil or mint leaves
½ tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp pepper powder
½ tsp salt
¼ tsp minced garlic
¼ tsp minced green chilli
  1. Cut the tomatoes into half and put in a big bowl. If you are using big tomatoes, dice them.
  2. Chop the pepper and add to the tomatoes.
  3. Add corn.
  4. Slice the olives and add to the salad.
  5. Add sliced onion and the chopped spring onion. 
  6. Mix the salad.
Preparation of the avocado dressing:
  1. Put all the dressing ingredient into a blender.
  2. Process till you get a smooth paste.
  3. Pour into a container.
Serve salad with the avocado dressing.

Tips:
  • Leave the dressing in the fridge till required. 
  • Add other vegetables of your choice like cucumber, carrots etc.
  • If the dressing is too thick, add a bit more yogurt.
You may want to check out the following:

green salad with avocado dressing
avocado,tomato and feta cheese salad

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