Variety is the spice of life, and that holds true for our food too. Have you noticed that if you bring together myriad textures and flavours into a single bowl, the dish is always more exciting to behold and consume? The mushroom, broccoli and noodle salad in hot and sour dressing fits the bill perfectly well. It is a sour and spicy salad with multi-textured ingredients and a good dose of noodles to add to the fun. A dash of soy sauce gives the salad a great umami flavour, while a base lining of lettuce leaves adds more crunch and an appealing appearance to the salad. You can vary the spice levels of this salad easily by modifying the amount of chilli flakes used for seasoning or the chilli powder in the dressing. If you are motivated by the runaway success of this salad, make sure you also try other recipes like lettuce and apple salad with lemon dressing or lettuce, orange and spinach salad.