Name: Paneer + Beet Salad with Mango-Lime Dressing
Yield: Serves 4 plus 1½ cups [360 ml] dressing
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 4 medium beets (total weight 1 lb [455 g]), ideally a mixture of red and yellow; ¼ cup [60 ml] grapeseed or debittered extra-virgin olive oil (see case study); 1 cup [240 ml] plain unsweetened kefir, buttermilk, or yogurt; 7 oz [200 g] arugula leaves; 2 tsp Fine sea salt; ½ tsp red chilli powder; ½ tsp freshly ground black pepper; 14 oz [400 g] firm paneer, homemade (see case study) or store-bought; ½ tsp ground cumin; ½ tsp ground turmeric; ¼ tsp freshly ground black pepper; 5 oz [140 g] diced ripe mango; 1 Tbsp prepared yellow mustard; 2 tsp amchur; 1 tsp freshly ground black pepper; 1½ Tbsp fresh lime juice; ¼ tsp red chilli powder; ½ cup [120 ml] kefir or buttermilk; 2 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil, plus extra for greasing the pan; 1 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil; Fine sea salt

Preparation info

Serves
4
plus 1½ cups [ 360 ml ] dressing

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Flavor Equation

By Nik Sharma

Published 2020

About

There is an incomparable joy that I find difficult to express in words when I eat ripe Indian mangoes. During ripening, the starch transforms and gives way to a soft pulp that’s sweet and sour, carrying an aroma that reminds me of warm summer holidays in Goa. While mangoes are delicious as a sweet treat, they also make an excellent addition to savory applications. The fruity, sweet flavor of mangoes with lime gives this beet salad a refreshing taste. Try to use a good ripe mango without a c