Recipe
Winter Salad with Thai Dressing
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Crisp, satisfying and full of nutrients! This crunchy Thai salad tossed in a creamy peanut dressing will be your new salad addiction. Each bite contains a powerhouse of fresh superfoods and a peanut flavor punch to match.
If you are looking for a quick, wholesome and exciting meal that you can enjoy for dinner, this salad will make your taste buds super happy. A few chops with your chef’s knife and a blend of the sauce, and you’ve got your next veggie-packed meal ready in minutes.
Ingredients
- Lettuce: ¼ cup (chopped)
- Sweet Corn: ¼ cup (chopped)
- Raw mango: ¼ cup (chopped)
- Bell peppers: ¼ cup (chopped)
- Carrot: ¼ cup (chopped)
- Roasted peanut: ¼ cup crushed (optional)
For the Dressing
- Peanut butter: 3 tbsp (optional, can add crushed peanuts)
- Thai basil: ¼ cup (finely chopped)
- Coriander leaves: ¼ cup
- Green onions: ¼ cup (chopped)
- Thai Green or red chilly: ½tsp
- Garlic cloves: 3-4
- Ginger: 1 inch (or more per taste)
- Lemon juice: 4-5 tbsp
- Honey: 2-3 tsp
- Rock Salt: to taste
- Lemongrass: chopped or lemon leaves (optional)
Method
- Take all the cut and chopped salad ingredients and place in a bowl.
- Pour the dressing over the veggies just before serving.
- Garnish with crushed peanuts if you like.
The dressing: For peanut butter see detailed recipe here.
- For peanut butter dressing - take homemade peanut butter, mix with honey and lemon juice.
- Add some water to make a pouring consistency.
- Take all other ingredients in a pestle.
- Crush well so that juices of chilly, onions and ginger mesh well.
- Mix with the peanut butter dressing. Stir well.
If you do not have peanut butter, don’t worry. Just mix all the dressing ingredients with crushed peanuts and blend well in a mixie!
Or simply crush everything in a pestle, mix with lemon, honey and salt and pour over salad.
Eating guide:
- Food group: Vegetables and legumes
- Veggies, are loaded with enzymes and high water content. They aid in digestion and act as daily dose of vitamins and minerals
- Peanuts is your legume category. These are whole foods and great addition for much needed protein and fiber and natural fats.
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Swatantra
04:29 AM | 01-12-2018
Thanks for sharing same, peanut is my favorite nut and I am surely going to make this. Thanks
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