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Watermelon- Feta Salad

( A lovely summer salad made using watermelon, feta cheese, hazelnuts, almonds, cucumber, and mint leaves )


When the weather starts to warm up, we crave something cool and juicy. After mangoes, watermelon is my favorite summer fruit! This is a lovely summer salad, made with watermelon.

Watermelon - cucumber is a lovely combo to incorporate in a summer salad, as both have very high quantities of water in them. The mint leaves in the salad, add some extra zing. The hazelnuts and almonds add a nutty touch to it and the feta cheese enhances the flavor furthermore! A simple dressing on top of all this and the salad is ready! You can conjure up this salad within a few minutes!!

Ingredients

For the salad -

  • 7 cups watermelon cubes deseeded

  • 2 cups cucumber cubes

  • 1 cup feta cheese crumbled

  • 1/4 cup hazelnuts

  • 1/4 cup walnuts

  • 15-20 fresh mint leaves.

For the dressing -

  • 4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

  • 2 tbsp lime juice

  • 1/2 tsp black pepper freshly crushed

  • salt as per taste.

Method

  • Cut watermelon and cucumber into large cubes and put them in the refrigerator for 30-40 mins.

  • Roast hazelnuts in a pan on low flame till they get fragrant (10-15 mins). You can roast them in an oven for 12-15 mins at 280 °C (536°F). Keep aside and cool completely.

  • In a small bowl mix olive oil, lemon juice, salt, and black pepper powder and give it a nice stir.

  • In a large salad bowl, add watermelon cubes, cucumber, chopped walnuts, toasted hazelnuts, feta cheese.

  • Pour the dressing over this and toss well.

  • Garnish with fresh mint leaves.

WATERMELON - FETA SALAD IS READY TO SERVE!

Notes -

  • Using feta cheese is important for this salad. Feta cheese has a distinctive flavor, which goes perfectly well with watermelon. Don’t buy pre-crumbled feta cheese. You crumble it when adding to the salad.

  • Try to deseed the watermelon as much as possible. I do this using the tip of a sharp knife.

  • You can skip the nuts if you are allergic to them.

  • You can skip adding the cucumber if you don’t like its taste.

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