Nature Cure Recipes: Vegetable Salads

Vegetable Salad

salads are the most important part of ones diet. The ph of the blood of a healthy individual is slightly alkaline and the body always maintains this ph level . All fruits, all other cooked foods we eat are acidic in nature. The only alkaline food is raw vegetable. Also it is the food which has "LIFE" in it.

Select two kinds of vegetables., one soft, watery or leafy vegetable., the other crunchy or a harder vegetable. Add coconut, tomatoes and coriander as Basic Salad Dressing commonly called BSD. Sprouts of any kind can be added to this salad.

If a salad of 400gms is to be prepared for one person then vegetables can be taken as given below

soft/watery/leafy vegetable .....140 gms

crunchy/hard vegetable ..............70 gms

tomatoes ............................ 70 gms

coconut ............................ 70 gms

sprouts and coriander ................ 50 gms

useful tips

when palak is used tomatoes are avoided since both of them have oxalic acid.

weekly twice sprouts can be added,during which amount of coconut can be reduced.

sprouts which germinate soon are more beneficial to the ones which take longer time.
like moong sprouts are preferable to sesame sprouts.

shredded ginger in small amounts can also be used to enhance flavour.

salt, pepper and lemon are always to be avoided.

while peeling, care should be taken to remove only the outermost hard cover because much of the vitamins will be there just beneath the peel.,and for most of the vegetables thorough cleaning is sufficient.

And salads must be "chewed" properly. It must be made into a liquid in the mouth, well mixed with the saliva and then swallowed.

examples: