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Pasta Salad (with 1000 island dressing)

March 18, 2013 by Sharmilee J 30 Comments

Rajma Masala

Pasta recipes are always a hit in this space and my family loves new varieties with pasta so I grab those opportunities. I wanted to make a simple Pasta Salad and when I was browsing for dressing recipes this 1000 island dressing from a cookbook caught my eye , it is very simple and the ingredients were already there in my pantry. Are you like me want to know the name origin of 1000 islands dressing? Source : Wikipedia. The name presumably comes from the Thousand Islands between the United States and Canada in the St. Lawrence River. In the Thousand Islands area, one common version of the dressing’s origins says that a fishing guide’s wife, Sophia LaLonde, made the condiment as part of her husband George’s shore dinner.Often in this version, actress May Irwin requested the recipe after enjoying it.

And Its been 4yrs since I started Sharmis Passions!! The journey was totally enjoyable and it has been a great learning curve in both aspects of cooking and food photography.

Thank you so much to each and everyone of you for the enormous support you have given me all these years. Stepping into the 5th year expecting the same support , encouragement and wishes! :))

Rajma Masala Recipe

Pasta Salad Recipe – Ingredients

Preparation Time : 15 mins | Cooking Time : 10 mins | Makes : 12 cookies
Recipe Category: Salad | Recipe Cuisine: World

Pasta – 1/2 cup
Olive oil – 1 tsp chopped
Onion – 1 tbsp chopped
Carrot – 1.5 tbsp chopped
Capsicum – 1 tbsp

For 1000 island dressing:

Yogurt / Mayonnaise – 1/2 cup
Mustard – 1/2 tsp
Sugar – 1/4 tsp (optional)
Tomato Ketchup – 1 tbsp
Freshly ground black pepper – 1/4 tsp
Green Chilli paste – 1/4 tsp(optional)
Salt – to taste

Method:

  1. Boil water and add pasta along with required salt and oil.Drain water and keep the pasta aside.Powder mustard seeds to a semi fine powder – I used my hand mortar and pestle.
    How to make rajma masala - Step1
  2. Chop the veggies into lengthwise strips.Mix them with little salt and keep aside.In a mixing bowl – add yogurt,mustard powder.
    How to make rajma masala - Step2
  3. Then add freshly ground pepper powder and chilli paste.Add the pasta, veggies, salt to taste and give a quick stir.
    How to make rajma masala - Step3

Serve immediately.

Punjabi Rajma Masala

My Notes:

  • The original recipe uses mayonnaise, I wanted to make it lowfat so used thick yogurt.Also I didnt want to get a pack of mayonnaise just for this sake as I am not a fan of it.
  • There are a lot of variations – You can either use pasta, or even any type of legumes like chickpeas, red kidney bean etc along with veggies.
  • You can even make the dressing the previous day and refrigerate it and while serving just toss the other ingredients. Always serve immediately once the salad is prepared to maintain the crunchness of the veggies.
  • If you prefer more on the sweeter side then add more tomato sauce. The orginal recipe called for kosher salt, I skipped it and used normal salt.

Rajma Masala Recipe

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Comments

  1. Tamilarasi Sasikumar says

    March 18, 2013 at 11:08 am

    Love this yummy salad….

    Reply
  2. AparnaRajeshkumar says

    March 18, 2013 at 11:16 am

    lovely one 🙂 u were one of my inspiration i started my blog 🙂 long way to go sharmi 🙂 congrats 🙂

    Reply
  3. Helen Prabha says

    March 18, 2013 at 11:23 am

    Wow….colorful & delicious salad……

    Reply
  4. Leena Chandrashekar says

    March 18, 2013 at 11:30 am

    yummy pasta salad..love it

    Reply
  5. Sona S says

    March 18, 2013 at 11:31 am

    delicious pasta salad.. and congrats!

    Reply
  6. Akila says

    March 18, 2013 at 12:12 pm

    Very nice salad

    Reply
  7. Rashida Shaikh says

    March 18, 2013 at 12:20 pm

    Hello,

    It good to hear you have completed 4years and wishing you for many more years.
    I always adore your pics, lovely.

    Have a great week ahead!

    Reply
  8. Jeyashrisuresh says

    March 18, 2013 at 1:22 pm

    Super yummy salad, love to have the entire bowl

    Reply
  9. Vaishnavi says

    March 18, 2013 at 1:36 pm

    Happy birthday sharmispassions!

    Reply
  10. Raksha says

    March 18, 2013 at 2:28 pm

    Looks super delicious.
    COngrats for the wonderful journey of 4 years.

    Reply
  11. CHITRA says

    March 18, 2013 at 4:50 pm

    I have heard about this but never seen or tasted. looks super yummy. Bookmarked !

    Reply
  12. Nisha says

    March 18, 2013 at 5:33 pm

    whee!! i love this version using yogurt!! thousand island dressing is super addictive *_*

    Reply
  13. Anitha Gokulakrishnan says

    March 18, 2013 at 6:38 pm

    Congrats for completing four years..yummy salad

    Reply
  14. Priya Suresh says

    March 18, 2013 at 6:44 pm

    Congrats Sharmi,keep on rocking,happy blog anniversary dear.

    Pasta salad is one of my kiddo's favourite, that 1000island dressing sounds awesome.

    Reply
  15. Divya Shivaraman says

    March 18, 2013 at 9:11 pm

    Perfect salad and wishes for years to go 🙂

    Reply
  16. Sireesha Puppala says

    March 18, 2013 at 9:35 pm

    Looks so yummy:)

    Reply
  17. Paige Flamm says

    March 19, 2013 at 12:50 am

    Yum! That pasta salad looks yummy!

    Paige
    http://thehappyflammily.blogspot.com

    Reply
  18. Gayathri Ramanan says

    March 19, 2013 at 3:59 am

    my fav..pasta looks so creamy and yummy

    Reply
  19. Prathima Rao says

    March 19, 2013 at 5:28 am

    Thousand island dressing is a fav here too..Looks so perfect & yumm Sharmi!!!And congrats on completing 4 successful yrs of bloggging, wish u luck for many more such wonderful yrs..
    Prathima Rao
    Prats Corner

    Reply
  20. Preeti Nambiar says

    March 19, 2013 at 5:44 am

    Heartiest Congratulation sharmi… U inspire everyone to cook better.

    Reply
  21. Uma Ramanujam says

    March 19, 2013 at 5:58 am

    I love pasta recipes too but that doesn't attract TH so make once in a while. BTW best wishes for the wonderful journey and wish you to move up further and further…

    Reply
  22. RAKS KITCHEN says

    March 19, 2013 at 6:13 am

    Looks rich and colourful! Wish I have that whole bowl!

    Reply
  23. LaxmiNeeraj says

    March 19, 2013 at 6:44 am

    Oh..again its pasta surely will try it..

    http://www.recipefavourite.com/

    Reply
  24. Shabitha Karthikeyan says

    March 20, 2013 at 2:24 am

    Congrats on your 4th blog anniversary !! Pasta looks super good !!

    Reply
  25. Gajus kitchen says

    March 20, 2013 at 1:06 pm

    Pasta salad looks tempting and love the recipe of 1000 island dressing using yogurt.Congrats on completing 4 years of blogging.Your posts are lovely and inspiring.

    Reply
  26. Vini says

    March 21, 2013 at 4:38 pm

    I tried this and it was too good! I've made the same salad before with store-bought thousand island dressing. I was skeptical whether the dressing with yogurt would taste the same, but it really matched that taste 🙂 I used mustard sauce(readymade) instead of mustard powder. I also added some zucchini and olives in the salad. It was so yummmmm 🙂

    Reply
  27. audi says

    December 2, 2014 at 12:13 pm

    Great recipe and nice work on the photographs composition – I think you missed mentioning adding tomato sauce in point #2 🙂

    Reply
  28. Foodie says

    December 5, 2014 at 5:47 pm

    This is my all time favorite dressing. Tried immediately with a spoonful yogurt, it tastes perfect 🙂
    Thank you. I dint know the dressing of 1000 island was so simple :p

    Reply
  29. Evangeline ravindran says

    December 28, 2015 at 4:49 am

    Hey Sharmi, Can I pack this one for lunch ? will it turn sticky by the time we have it ?

    Reply
    • SHARMILEE J says

      December 30, 2015 at 12:33 pm

      It may turn dry, may be you can pack milk and add it while eating

      Reply

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