I have to thank my friend Samia Jannat @ez_emmaline for letting me create This post and inspiring me to make this delicious summer salad. The specialty of this salad is in it's crispiness. The chicken and shrimp pieces are supposed to be deep fried to crisp little pieces that crunch in your mouth, while the cool cucumber complements the heat. The cashews are equally important to this dish, as they are also supposed to be fried to crispness. All this preparation of frying and arranging things separately never gave me the courage to assemble this delectable salad. I also kind of always judged this dish on it's deep frying madness. I confess.

But I took the leap of faith on a rainy day sitting at work, when Samia's mouth watering Chicken Cashew Nut Salad floated across my FB newsfeed! So I went home and totally discarded the idea of any kind of frying and decided to bake it all instead. Here is my version of it...