Indian flavors accent salad
Avocado, tomato and plum salad
When faced with her husband having Type 2 diabetes and her own struggles with weight, Deepa Thomas discovered that by cutting back on rice and bread and other carbohydrates, she was able to help her husband and herself lose weight and feel great. She reinvented her take on classic Indian cooking by avoiding carbs but keeping the vivid flavors alive. Best of all, her new book, “Deepa’s Secrets: Slow Carb New Indian Cuisine” ($24.99, Skyhorse Publishing), offers new insight to Indian cooking.
The cookbook includes health tips, basic recipes like ginger garlic paste and an in-depth introduction on her journey to good health. The “Kitchen Essential” chapter includes spices, sauces and pickles, and you’ll find menu plans, kitchen wisdom and scientific commentary. I particularly like the step-bystep instructions, ingredient substitutions and shortcuts that she offers among the more than 70 recipes.
The following salad recipe screams summer. I particularly love the addition of sliced plums to a classic tomato avocado salad.
The dressing includes toasted cumin (you can just use ground cumin) along with sweet honey, spicy jalapeno chile, astringent lime juice and some ground garlic. These flavors combine to brighten this simple yet colorful salad. Prep: Makes: Nutrition information per serving: Ginger garlic paste: