SLC25-W3 // "Caprese Salad.

Hello everyone in this community! I am your own @shahidalinaz from Punjab Pakistan. How is your health? Alhamdulillah, I am perfectly fine. I warmly welcome you in my this post, today first time made salad in my life. According to this contest I made "Caprese Salad". This Salad is very healthy for all of us. My dear friends, I suggest to you try this sald must. I hope you live it. So let's make salad.

◉Make a "Caprese Salad"; you can follow the one presented in this course or a recipe of your choice (details include utensils, ingredients, and step-by-step instructions).

This is the procedure, how I a made Caprese Salad. I tried to explain in very simple and understandable way.

• 👉 First of all I went market and bought items which are required for this sald. After that I washed the tomatoes well for removing dust. Next I dried them with a clean cloth. I made slice with the help of sharp knife . Then I cut tomatoes in round shape. Next I took cheese of good quality and start to cutting cheese in round shape like tomatoes.

• 👉 In second step I I separate the mint leaves from branch and keep them in tray. Next thing, I took a beautiful dish for salad. I took this for decorating my caprese salad in it. I placed one piece of tomatoes in tray and cheese piece in straight line. one piece of tomato and next cheese, I repeated it again.

• 👉Next, I started to mix them with mint. leaves near cheese and tomato pieces. I placed one mint leaf on tomato and two mint leaves cheese. This was my decoration pattern. I placed two mint branches , one left and one right side of salad. In that way , I placed mint leaves and placed some leaves to decorate my dish beautifully. After that I put a few drops of olive oil on my salad. I also add few drops of vinegar. Finally, I sprinkled black paper on salad and give final touch.

I wrote my username, date and recipe name. In this way I made my salad easily.

Selfie 🤳

◉ Have you tried a Caprese salad before? Tell us about the flavor of your salad? Did it meet your expectations?

Caprese salad is very heart fill dish. I taste this Caprese Salad first time in my life and make it at home. I have tried Caprese salad at home. I was not know how it will be in taste. But when I took the first bite, I was really surprised, I made very heart touching taste. The tomato slices were fresh and juicy and the mozzarella was soft and creamy. I have not use basil, I used mint leaves in place of it and it worked good. This make the salad very refreshing flavour. I add a little salt and olive oil in this salad. The taste of this salad was light, clean and very satisfying. I was thinking it will only simple salad, but it tasted much better than my thought. It felt fresh, healthy and easy to eat. This salad truly more than my expectations and I am thinking to make it again.

◉Highlight the benefits of tomato, cheese and basil leaves and indicate the price in Steem.

Tomatoes are full of benefits. These are rich in Vitamin C and are good for the heart health. Tomatoes help in digestion and improve our skin health. Mozzarella cheese provide protein and calcium which make bone and muscle strong. This cheese is very light so it is not too heavy. I used mint leaves for this salad. Mint is good for the stomach and makes food feel fresh. It also has a good smell and can help to relieve in headaches. All three ingredients are simple but healthy. My salad was homemade and price chart I mentioned below:

Total price will be about 960 rupees in PKR and 27 Steem token.

◉Do you have any special tips for making this salad? Share them.

Yes, I have some personal tips that worked for me. First, always use ripe but firm red tomatoes. I do not pick soft and overripe ones. Soft tomatoes make the salad soggy. Second tip, keep the mozzarella cold until the last moment. Cheese should be soft but watery is not acceptable. In place of basil, I used fresh mint leaves. Mint leaves give a cool taste and smell great. Use a small pinch of salt and black pepper. Some drops of extra olive oil are good. Do not pour a lot. Also, chill the salad in the fridge for ten minutes before serving. It tastes better cold. And one more thing, arrange the slices neatly. When it looks nice, it feels more fun to eat. These are my steps, but really helpful.