Summer Salad

A very eye pleasing satiating salad, a summer special one. Has all the healthy, tasty ingredients, an easy to make dish.

Ingredients

1/2 a cup of chick peas soaked overnight, pressure cooked to 2 whistles with a pinch of edible soda and a pinch of salt. After draining the chick peas the water can be used in any soup or curry, so preserve it. I also make my dough with the water sometimes.

1/2 cup thin julliens of cabbage
1/4 cup thin julliens of red bell pepper
1/4 cup cucumber thin long pieces
1/4 cup tomatoes chopped into bite sized pieces
1/2 cup of spinach finely jullienned
1/2 cup of cottage cheese chopped into long thin pieces
4-5 olives roughly made into pieces
Olive oil, mixed herbs, apple cider vinegar, garlic powder, as per requirement
Cheese shavings can be used as an indulgent topping, I have skipped them since mine is a healthy salad

Method

In a mixing bowl take all the ingredients, add all the above ingredients, skip salt since there is salt in the chick peas and sometimes even the cottage cheese is salted. Mix everything well gently. Keep to rest for at least two hours. You can keep it at room temperature or in the fridge. Choice is yours. This makes for a good healthy mid time meal.