SLC25-W3 // "Caprese Salad."

Alhamdulillah, I am perfectly fine and I hope you are all doing well too. I am grateful to Allah Almighty for my good health. I pray to the creater of this universe for health of my friend. May Allah show us right path of goodness and fill our lives with happiness and save us from evil. Friends, today I am once again participating in this SLC25-W3 organized by our beloved ma'am @dasudi. This week we are going to make a very delicious and different type of salad, "Caprese Salad." The recipe of which I will share with you guys today. I have Made this salad today in a slightly different style and with some different ingredients, so I hope that people will definitely like this recipe of mine today and that you all will like it too.

I have given this salad some different touch, so I am sharing it with you guys.
I made a basil pesto sauce for this salad, but I didn't have any basil leaves, so I used fresh mint instead.
To make this pesto, I took some peanut 🥜 and started frying it a little. I put it in a pan and lightly fried it on low heat. When its color changed, I took it down by turning off the flame and letting it cool.

Then I took a grinder machine and put fresh mint leaves in it and fried peanut in it and added one teaspoon of salt and added the olive oil with it and mashed a little bit of Mozzarella cheese added it in it. Then I turned on the machine and blended it well. Dear friends the delicious pesto is ready. The smell of all items is so good. I like mint flavour most. This made my mouth watered. Then I started eating it.

Then I took the tomato and started cutting it into round slices. After cutting the tomatoes into round slices, I took the cheese. I didn't have this Mozzarella cheese in a round shape, so I started cutting it into long slices.
This way, the decoration of my salad will also be different because everyone usually decorates the salad by cutting slices in round circles, so I cut it into long slices and gave it a look of some different touch. I completed this step by cutting the Tomatoes 🍅 and Mozzarella cheese.

After that, I took a beautiful white plate and started decorating my salad in it. First, I separated the fresh mint leaves and started placing them around the plate in a round shape. You can see in the picture how beautiful the plate looks with this. I have done the decoration in a slightly different way because almost all the decoration of the salad is beans, so I decorated it in a slightly different design while thinking in my mind, so I have used mint leaves in this way. Then I placed a piece of Tomato 🍅 in it and placed two pieces of Mozzarella cheese on top of it and then I placed a piece of tomato on top of it. In the same way, I completed this step of mine. This decoration made my plate look very beautiful. The mint leaves, Mozzarella cheese, and tomatoes were clearly visible. The colors of all three items looked very beautiful.

So now it's time to give our salad the final touch, so I started pouring the pesto I made in this recipe over my salad. Then I started to put olive oil over the entire salad. This pesto had almost every flavor, so I didn't feel the need to add any other spices on top. My delicious and very beautiful looking salad is ready.

I have tried Caprese salad recently which I made for this contest. I used fresh red tomatoes 🍅, mozzarella cheese and fresh mint leaves. I like mint taste very much. Taste of this salad was fantastic , cool and very refreshing. Tomato gave a juicy tangy bite, cheese made this very creamy and mint leaves filled freshness. I really like this salad. I did not use any heavy spices. I used for making it more tasty and few drops of olive oil. It was simple but full of flavour. I was not sure how mint would taste in this salad but it turned out great. Yes, this salad fully met my expectations and I will surely make it again soon for my special guests.

• Tomatoes🍅 are full of vitamins and antioxidants. These are great for skin and heart health.
• Cheese gives energy, protein and calcium for making bones and muscles strong. Cheese give outstanding taste. Mint leaves have different health benefits.
• Mint leaves are helpful in digestion. It also make fresh breath and help cool the body.
• When we togethe these three ingredients, these make a light but powerful combination. My salad was very healthy and perfect for a summer day.

Price of these ingredients are below👇.

I have a few simple tips to make this salad very special.
First, try to use fresh, ripe and fully red tomatoes. These give a natural taste and attractive presentation. When you are cutting tomatoes and cheese, make sure the size of tomatoes and cheese are equal. Basil is excellent but in the absence of basil we can use fresh mint leaves. This give a cool and sharp taste. Put only little drops of olive oil. A pinch of black pepper make it more attractive. Do not overload with spices. Use this salad cold. It gives best tastes when fresh and cold. Keep it simple and clean. These small steps really helped to enjoy the perfect salad.

Thank you for being with me.

@m-princess

@dasudi