6:49 pm by Unknown
Chef's Name : Vicky Ratnani
Ingredients3 medium cucumbers, peeled, seeded and cut in chunks
Sea salt to season (you can use normal salt too)
Juice of 1 lemon
Pinch of sugar
8-9 large Spanish olives
1 1/2 Tbsp olive oil
Cracked black pepper to season
Mint leaves for garnish
6-8 cherry tomatoes
Method
Put the chunks of cucumber in a bowl with sea salt, pinch of sugar and lime juice.
In a blender add the pitted black olives, olive oil and cracked black pepper.
Blend this into a nice puree.
Add halved cherry tomatoes to the cucumbers and mix with the black olive puree.
Garnish with mint and chopped olives.
12:52 pm by Unknown
Ingredients
8 whole wheat bread slices, lightly buttered
8 cheese slices
a few tomato slices
1 tbsp butter
salt to taste
For the black olive pesto
12 chopped black olives
1/4 cup broken cashewnuts (kaju)
1/2 tsp freshly crushed black pepper (kalimirch) powder
1/4 cup olive oil
1/2 cup fresh basil leaves
salt to taste
Method
For the black olive pesto
Grind together all the ingredients other than the black olives,
to a smooth paste in a blender.
Add the black olives and mix well.
Divide the olive pesto into 4 equal portions and keep aside.
How to proceed
Trim the edges of the bread slices.
Spread one portion of the pesto on one slice of bread. Top with 2 cheese
slices and tomato slices and sandwich using another slice of bread.
Repeat with the remaining ingredients to make 3 more sandwiches.
Serve immediately.
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