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SPICE TALK ||||| CELERY<br />
Top: Homemade soup with beans,<br />
carrots and celery. Bottom: Melon<br />
salad with celery, chilli and cucumber<br />
Speaking of our love<br />
for pickles which have<br />
been made for centuries<br />
using salt, seasoning,<br />
vinegar and even oil,<br />
Mittal elaborates: “Most<br />
homemade pickles such<br />
as mango, lemon, gingergarlic<br />
and dill use a<br />
variety of seeds, including<br />
celery seeds, for that<br />
extra zing. Pickles<br />
contain probiotics that<br />
are beneficial for health.<br />
As they are made using<br />
different types of seeds,<br />
they also contain<br />
vitamins, sodium and<br />
potassium.”<br />
However, for Thai<br />
cuisine expert, Chef<br />
Meaw of Radisson Blu<br />
Plaza, New Delhi, cooking with celery is<br />
all about staying with the tried and<br />
tested. As he says, “Bright green, fresh<br />
celery gives a unique flavour to the four<br />
Ss – soups, salads, stews and sauces.”<br />
Whereas, others like celebrity chef<br />
Sanjeev Kapoor vouch for the versatility<br />
of celery. “Grilled dishes, salads or<br />
smoked meats can be sprinkled with<br />
CELEBRATING CELERY<br />
Prepare a prawn cocktail by mixing ketchup, spring onion, paprika, mayonnaise<br />
and lemon juice before stirring in cooked prawns. Pour lettuce leaves arranged in<br />
separate glass bowls over the mixture and finish with a dash of celery salt.<br />
Toss celery leaves, apples, walnuts, and vinaigrette or any other dressing of<br />
choice in a large bowl before seasoning with salt and pepper for that crunchy<br />
salad.<br />
Simply blend one cup of celery stalks with two to three cups of fresh water and<br />
lo and behold, your fat-cutting, fibre-rich celery juice is ready to sip.<br />
Tickle your taste buds with spicy sweet pickled celery which is just so easy<br />
to make. In a small saucepan, combine sugar, salt peppercorns, vinegar, water,<br />
and mustard seeds. Bring the mixture to a simmer and cook until sugar and salt<br />
dissolve completely. Pour it over celery stalks.<br />
Tomato celery soup is the perfect shot of warmth during winters. Sauté onion<br />
and celery in butter before adding sugar, lemon juice, parsley, salt and black<br />
pepper and simmer for 10 to 15 minutes.<br />
SHUTTERSTOCK<br />
102 ||||| SEPTEMBER <strong>2016</strong>
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