Many people think salad is a tasteless food, but that is not really so. Made properly, salad can be delicious. With a few ingredients, for example, you can make a rainbow salad at home, which looks good and tastes good too. There is no need to repeat the benefits of salad for the body.

Every ingredient of this salad is easily found at home, so it can be made at any time. A rainbow salad is really a combination of different vegetables packed with beneficial nutrients.

The main ingredient is cucumber, which supplies vitamin K and antioxidants and also keeps the body fresh. Onion contains vitamin C and fibre, while carrot and tomato contain vitamin A and the antioxidant lycopene respectively.

First wash all the vegetables well in salted water, then rinse them in cold water. Now cut all the vegetables and set them aside.

Take yoghurt in a large bowl and whisk it very well, so that no lumps remain. Add the cut vegetables to the whisked yoghurt and sprinkle over salt and chilli.

It can be served garnished with mint leaves or chillies on top.

Source: Kaler Kantho. First published in Bengali on The Agro News.