Cilantro salads: preparing amazingly delicious and simple snacks

Cilantro is a useful annual plant. The name "cilantro" from ancient Greek is translated as "bug". Apparently, this is due to the fact that greens and unripe fruits have a specific smell. However, after drying, the smell disappears. Grass is very popular in the Caucasus and Asian countries. Let's look at what salads with cilantro can be cooked today.

About cilantro

Cilantro has been eaten for about five thousand years. This spicy herb is used both in cooking and in medicine. It is also called coriander, but these are slightly different things. Cilantro is a fresh green seasoning, and coriander is the seeds of a plant.

Cilantro Salad Recipes

Cilantro is usually added to exotic salads. It goes well with melon, kiwi, nuts, lentils, saffron, mozzarella, Beijing cabbage, shrimp, grapefruit, eggplant, cherries, beans, chili peppers.

Cilantro helps to absorb heavy food, improves digestion. It also increases appetite. If you are not confused by the very specific smell of this plant, then feel free to use it to prepare different dishes. Let's look at what salads with cilantro can be prepared.

Bean Salad with Rusks and Cilantro

Let's make a salad with beans, cilantro and crackers. It is very easy to prepare.

What we need:

• a can of canned beans;
• three cloves of garlic;
• two slices of bread;
• a bunch of cilantro;
• salt pepper.

Cooking method:

1. Bread must be cut into cubes. Then dry in a pan without oil.
2. Open a jar of beans. Put it in a bowl.
3. Grind the garlic using a press. Grind cilantro. Add to beans.
4. Salt the salad and add pepper.
5. Sprinkle crackers with lettuce right before serving so that they do not soften.

This recipe is good in that it takes only about ten minutes to prepare the salad. Ideal if guests are coming to you soon and you have nothing to feed them.

Turkey, vegetable and cilantro salad

What is required:

• boiled turkey meat;
• Tomatoes
• cucumbers
• green onions;
• two cloves of garlic;
• sesame;
• cilantro;
• basil;
• butter;
• salt pepper.

Cooking method:

1. Dice the turkey.
2. Rinse tomatoes and cucumbers under running water. Cut in small pieces.
3. Chop the onion.
4. Pass the garlic through the press.
5. Wash and chop basil and cilantro.
6. Now we combine all the ingredients together, salt, pepper and add oil.

To make it more piquant, you can sprinkle grated parmesan on top when serving. A salad with cilantro and tomatoes is sure to please you and your family. Cook it for lunch or a light dinner.

Salad with Kiwi, Cilantro and Walnuts

Let's add some exotic to our diet. An unusual combination of products will appeal to your tasters.

Ingredients:

• four medium kiwis;
• two handfuls of walnuts;
• one bunch of cilantro;
• walnut oil;
• clove of garlic;
• salt.

Cooking Salad:

1. Wash and dry walnuts in a pan or chop using a rolling pin.
2. Pass a clove of garlic through a press and grind with a pinch of salt.
3. Rinse cilantro under running water and cut.
4. Wash, peel and chop the kiwi.
5. Lay the ingredients on a plate in layers. Drizzle with oil and sprinkle with garlic and salt.

Do not be afraid to experiment. Diversify your festive or casual table with these snacks.

Salad with peaches, tomatoes, corn and cilantro

This salad is right for you if you are on a healthy diet.

What is needed:

• yellow tomatoes;
• peaches;
• canned corn;
• chilli;
• lime juice;
• olive oil;
• cilantro;
• mint.

Cooking method:

1. Rinse the tomatoes under running water with peaches. Cut everything into slices.
2. Open a can of canned corn, drain the liquid. Combine with tomatoes and peaches.
3. Add chili peppers, oil, lime juice and salt.
4. Chop greens. Pour salad dressing.

Serve the salad in portions.

Eggplant and cilantro salad

What is required:

• one eggplant;
• three medium tomatoes;
• cilantro;
• clove of garlic;
• 30 g of corn starch;
• vegetable oil;
• a teaspoon of soy sauce;
• salt.

Cooking Salad:

1. Rinse and cut cilantro. Mix with soy sauce.
2. Rinse the eggplants, cut into pieces and roll each of them in corn starch. Fry in a pan until a crust appears. Then lay on a napkin to allow the fat to drain.
3. Cut tomatoes into slices, rinsing under running water.
4. Mix eggplant with tomatoes in a bowl, adding cilantro in the sauce.
5. Crush the garlic through a press. Add to bowl.

Eggplant salad with cilantro is cooked for about twenty minutes.

The benefits of cilantro

There is an opinion that cilantro is insanely useful for the body. In order not to be unfounded, let's find out what the benefits of grass are:

• Coriander oils promote the absorption of heavy foods and root crops, as well as starchy foods.
• Cilantro normalizes the work of the cardiovascular system.
• If a person has decreased appetite, problems with the intestines are observed, cilantro is indispensable for the body.
• It has a beneficial effect on the functioning of the nervous system, therefore it is an ideal product for dealing with depressive moods.
• Coriander oils remove toxins, excess water and wastes from the body. It is an ideal product for weight loss and weight loss people.
• Foods that add cilantro are digested much faster. Using a plant, you will not experience heaviness in the stomach.
• Cilantro is used to treat diseases of the oral cavity.
• The product helps reduce bad cholesterol and blood sugar.

As you can see, this product is worth it to eat.

Calorie content and nutritional value

This is usually the most interesting section of articles for people who want to lose weight. So, let's figure it out. Per 100 grams of product are:

• 23 kcal;
• 2.1 g of protein;
• 0.5 g of fat;
• 3.7 g of carbohydrates.

However, in dried ground cilantro, 9 times more calories:

• 216 kcal;
• 3 g of protein;
• 0 g of fat;
• 54.5 g of carbohydrates.
  

Cilantro is often used in the preparation of a diet for weight loss, since, as we have already indicated, it removes all unnecessary from the body. It is also low in calories, which contributes to weight loss.