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Burrata Cheese And Rocket Leaf Salad, Crispy Curry Leaf Dressing

Posted By: Pooja Gupta
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Burrata is a knotted bundle of mozzarella cheese filled with soft curd. It is used mostly in the salads and it is really elegant and filling. There are different sizes of burrata cheese available, so you can pick and choose according to the number of people being served. The cheese is basically kept on the bed of rocket leaves with roasted cherry tomatoes and the dressing used in this salad is of olive oil. It is completely healthy and really tastes good. If you are serving someone who is not insulin-resistant you can season it with balsamic glaze.

burrata cheese and rocket leaf salad

Prep Time
10 Mins
Cook Time
5M
Total Time
15 Mins

Recipe By: Chef Anurag Basu

Recipe Type: Salad

Serves: 2

Ingredients
  • Fresh burrata cheese - 1 cup

    Crunchy baby rocket leaves - 1 ½ cup

    Vine ripened tomatoes - ½ cup

    Curry leaves - 7-8 leaves

    Olive oil - 2 tbsp

    Mustard seeds - 1 tsp

    Salt to taste

How to Prepare
    1. Wash and clean the rocket leaves.

    2. Drain them well, ensure no water is left on the leaves.

    3. Take the ripened tomatoes and cut them into halves.

    4. Take the burrata cheese ball and cut it into 6 pieces.

    For the dressing

    1. Sun-dry the curry leaves for about 24 hours till crisp.

    2. After that, make a powder of it. Keep it aside.

      In a pan, take olive oil.

    3. Heat the oil on a slow flame.

    4. Always heat the oil on a low flame, otherwise, the oil will convert into trans fat which is a bad form of fat.

    5. Add mustard seeds and curry leaves and let them crackle.

    6. Take it off the flame and allow to cool.

    7. After that add the curry leaf powder, honey and salt.

      Whisk properly to make the dressing.

    Assembling of the salad

    1. Arrange the burrata cheese on top of the rocket leaves, in a bowl. Then add the vine tomatoes.

    2. Generously pour the curry leaf dressing on the top.
Instructions
Nutritional Information
  • Serves - 1 plate
  • Calories - 321
  • Fat - 25g
  • Protein - 17.9g
  • Carbohydrates - 0
  • Sugar - 0
  • Dietary Fibre - 0

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Story first published: Monday, September 18, 2017, 16:08 [IST]
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