Love Salad? Use Hand Blender To Make Lip-Smacking Dressings

As summer is approaching, you will soon start craving lightweight dishes, but one must not compromise on nutrition. A salad, depending on the ingredients you choose, can be a wholesome meal packed with protein, fibre, good fat, and essential vitamins and minerals. But a bowl of vegetables and meat sounds boring unless you top it with a tangy, spicy, salty, and sweet blend called dressing.

There are two components to salad making - choosing the fresh and right ingredients and preparing a lip-smacking dressing. While making a well-balanced sauce, many chefs struggle to blend oil or honey with water-based or thick sauce ingredients. But no more hassle in the kitchen if you have Usha’s 250W hand blender with a powerful motor. No matter what kind of ingredients you have, it can be used to blend them perfectly and create a dressing that will instantly elevate the flavours of your salad.

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Sesame Ginger Dressing

To infuse the ingredients with the toasty notes of sesame seeds, spicy warmth from ginger, pungent scent from garlic, and umami flavours from soy sauce, prepare this sesame ginger dressing. First, blend soy sauce, ginger, rice vinegar, and maple syrup. Once you have a smooth concoction, add sesame seeds and minced garlic. Give everything a whisk before pouring over a protein-packed salad.

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Classic Vinaigrette

Classic vinaigrette is the dressing that you can pour over any salad recipe to freshen it up and boost sourness or balance spicy and sweet notes. It is prepared by blending Dijon mustard, olive oil, pepper, salt, and vinegar of your choice (balsamic, red wine, or apple cider). You can use lemon juice if you run out of vinegar and mix the ingredients using a blender. Add fresh herbs, whisk, and pour over the salad.

Raspberry Vinaigrette

If you would like to explore unique fruit dressings, raspberry vinaigrette is the perfect recipe to prepare. Pick the fresh berries of your choice from the farmer’s market and blend them with balsamic vinegar, olive oil, and honey (or maple syrup). Once the mixture is smooth, sprinkle salt and pepper to adjust the flavours. You can also finely chop the berries and add them at the end. Keep the dressing in the refrigerator for 10 minutes so that the berries soak all the flavour.

Creamy Ranch Dressing

Another versatile dressing to whip up in your kitchen is a creamy ranch dressing. Pour buttermilk, Greek yoghurt, onion powder, lemon juice, garlic powder, pepper, salt, and lemon juice. Blend them using a hand blender, and top the smooth dressing with dried coriander and dill. If you keep the consistency thick, you can serve this dressing as a dip.

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