Vikas Khanna's Salad Recipe With Desi Tadka

Michelin star chef Vikas Khanna cooked up a storm for The Quint from his studio in New York while promoting his film Buried Seeds, directed by Andrei Severny. Here's the recipe for his turnip green apple salad:

Ingredients

• Bell pepper/capsicum

• Panch Phoron (Cumin, Brown Mustard, Fenugreek, Nigella and Fennel)

• Salt

• Sugar

• Yogurt

• Turnip

• Green Apple

• Fennel seeds

• Garlic powder

• Coriander powder

• Chilli powder

Recipe

• Add panch phoron (spices from Bengal) to the oil pan

• Roast bell pepper with the spices

• Add 1 tsp of sugar, salt for taste

  Tip: Don't overcook it.

• Take it off the flame and then add 2 tbsp of yogurt

• Blend it and keep it aside

• Marinate turnip ribbons with grounded fennel seeds and salt

• Marinate green apple with coriander powder, garlic powder and chilli powder

• Roll them into cigars alternatively

• Bake the turnip and green apple in a pre-heated oven at 300 degrees for 15 to 20 mins

• Now plate it with the blended bell pepper pure and baked turnip and green apple

• Your turnip green apple salad with desi tadka is ready to be served

The film Buried Seeds traces the journey of Vikas Khanna from his beginnings as a child with misaligned feet to the man who took Indian cuisine to the world. You can watch Buried Seeds on Disney+ Hotstar.