Prepare a light, pleasant and healthy meal - cottage cheese-apricot salad, which can act as a snack, a full meal and even a dessert.
Photo of ready-made salad with apricots Recipe content:
- Ingredients
- Step by step cooking
- Video recipe
Curd is a versatile product. It is suitable for preparing a variety of dishes, from cold to hot snacks. You can cook dessert and savory dishes from it, while all of them turn out to be healthy and tasty. Curd salads are also sweet and savory. But today I want to tell you a combined recipe in which sweet apricots with fresh cilantro will meet.
If you want to lose weight or are on a diet, it is better to use low-fat diet cottage cheese to keep fit in a salad. In other cases, any fermented milk product can be used. Since the main advantage of any curd salads is the unconditional benefit for the human body, which everyone knows.
When it comes to product combinations, there are no strict rules at all. After all, cottage cheese is a universal product and it is harmoniously combined with almost all components. For example, with meat, vegetables, fish, fruits, herbs, any spices, spices, etc. Also, fruits and dried fruits are frequent companions of cottage cheese.
- Calorie content per 100 g - 105 kcal.
- Servings - 2
- Cooking time - 10 minutes
Ingredients:
- Cottage cheese - 300 g
- Apricots - 5-6 pcs.
- Cilantro greens - 5 sprigs
- Roasted sunflower seeds - 2 tablespoons
- Flax seeds - 1 tsp
- Refined vegetable oil - 1 tsp for salad dressing
Cooking curd-apricot salad
1. Place the curd in a deep bowl and use a fork to knead any large lumps. For such salads, it is not recommended to beat the curd with a blender or grind it through a sieve. in the dish, on the contrary, its graininess should be felt.
2. Pierce the peeled sunflower seeds in a frying pan for about 5 minutes over medium heat and place in a plate with the curd. If you are on a diet, then use raw seeds, or abstain from them altogether. Also pour flaxseeds into a bowl and add the washed, finely chopped cilantro.
3. Wash the apricots, dry with a cotton towel, divide in half, remove the pit, and cut the pulp into medium-sized pieces of about 1–1.5 cm, which are added to the curd.
4. Pour in 1 tsp. vegetable oil and stir the curd-apricot salad. Place it on a platter and serve chilled.
See also a video recipe on how to make a vegetable salad with cottage cheese:
