[EN] Royal Salad / سلطة رويال – CookingWithAlia – Episode 761

RECIPE: https://www.cookingwithalia.com/761-royal-salad/

INGREDIENTS:
Artichokes With Cream Cheese:
200 grams (7 oz) cream cheese
4 artichokes heart, boiled
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 tablespoon chopped chives
Salt and pepper, to taste

Rice With Vegetables:
245 grams (1 cup) plain yogurt
1 tablespoon olive oil
Salt and pepper, to taste
400 grams (2 cups) cooked rice
1 cup boiled green peas
1 cup boiled carrots, cut into small cubes
1/2 cup small cubes of red bell pepper

Avocado With Shrimp:
100 grams (3.5 oz) peeled shrimp
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 avocados
1 lemon, for lemon juice and zest
Salt and pepper, to taste
A handful of chopped chives

Fruit Salad In Pineapple Halves:
Pineapple
Different fruits to make a fruit salad

Other:
Slices of smoked meat, turkey, etc.
Chive branches
Cherry tomatoes
Small mozarella balls
Lettuce
Cubes of cheese
Cooked crayfish or full prawns
Marinated anchovies

DIRECTIONS:
Artichokes With Cream Cheese
1- In a bowl, place the cream cheese and work it with a spatula until it becomes creamy.
2- Add salt, pepper, garlic powder, and chives. Mix.
3- Pipe the cream cheese mixture in the center of the cooked artichoke hearts.

Rice With Vegetables
1- To make the sauce, in a bowl, place the plain yogurt. Add the olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Mix and adjust to taste.
2- In a large bowl, combine the cooked rice, green peas, carrots, and red bell pepper. Mix with a spoon.
3- Add the sauce to the rice mixture and mix well.

Avocado And Shrimp
1- Cut the avocados in half and remove the pits. Squeeze some fresh lemon on the avocado so it does not darken. Season with salt and pepper.
2- On medium heat, in a pan, heat some olive oil. Cook the shrimp. Season with salt and pepper. Add some lemon zest for more flavor.
3- Scoop the cooked shrimp in the center of each avocado half. Top with chopped chives.

Fruit Salad In Pineapple Halves
1- Cut the pineapple in half and empty the center of each half.
2- Make a fruits salad with different fruits (grapes, pomegranate, persimmon, pineapple, raspberries, etc.). Fill the pineapple halves with the fruit salad.

Other
1- Roll smoked meat slices like a carpet and tie chive around in the center.
2- Make mini-skewers alternating cherry tomatoes and small mozzarella balls.

Assembly
1- In a large plate, place all the lettuce leaves.
2- In the center, place a circle and fill it with the rice salad. Remove the circle.
3- In each side of the plate, place the pineapple halves filled with the fruit salad.
4- Place around the edges the artichoke hearts and avocado halves.
5- Decorate with the mozzarella skewers, smoked meat, cheese cubes, crayfish, anchovies, etc.