Curried Carrot Salad Taste Explosion
Try this and be in love with raw food again. Seriously, it's that good. Based on a wrap filling I buy from the fabulous Santa Cruz, CA-based Cafe la Vie at my farmer's market. It's great wrapped in a collard leaf, eaten on top of greens, or lumped on the spines of romaine lettuce leaves, even all by itself it's perfect! All measurements are roughly on point, but adjust based on what you have and what taste you want to achieve. Spicy? More cayenne. Sweet? More sweetener. Carrots coming out your ears? Use more carrots than the other ingredients. You get the picture. Esp important in the dressing. Play with the measurements and taste until you're smiling, oohing and ahhing.
Salad base:
5 c shredded carrots
1/4-1/2 head purple cabbage, shredded
1/2-2/3
cup soaked, drained, dehydrated sunflower seeds (optional -- just great w/out)
1/2 c raisins (optional, see note above)
1/2 c shredded, dried coconut
1/4 c finely chopped red
onion
1/4 c finely chopped cilantro
Dressing:
1/3-1/2 cup olive oil
1-2 chopped apple (sweeter ones like fujis or
galas)
juice of 1 lemon
1 tblsp fresh ginger, coarsely chopped
1-1½ tsp curry powder
1-1½ tsp garam
masala
¼-½ tsp cayenne pepper
Salt, to taste
Filtered water to thin, as needed
I add these if necessary:
Sweetener to taste (raw honey is the best, but use your preferred sweetner)
Cinnamon to taste (curry and garam
masala has varying levels of cinnamon)
Combine base ingredients in bowl. In a high speed blender, blend dressing ingredients until desired thickness, adding water as necessary to get things moving well in the blender. I like mine about the consistency of dairy yogurt. Pour dressing over base and mix well. Then savor the wonder! Enjoy!
11 reponses to "Curried Carrot Salad Taste Explosion"
1. Thanks everyone for the
Thanks everyone for the positive reviews! So glad you're enjoying it...
2. Lovely salad! Thanks!!
Lovely salad! Thanks!!
3. Hi, I'm about to make this
Hi, I'm about to make this right now :-)
Thank you for posting this :-)
Joyce
http://www.beautifullivingfood.blogspot.com/
4. Outstanding! Thank you!
Outstanding! Thank you!
5. I loved this recipe, very
I loved this recipe, very cheap to make and filling too. I added lots of shredded green cabbage and sunflower sprouts instead of the sunflower seeds.
6. Sooooo good! I made this as
Sooooo good! I made this as is, without any of the added honey or cinnamon. Thank you!!
7. Just made this and it's a
Just made this and it's a winner! Thanks.
8. Wow. This was great : ). The
Wow. This was great : ). The ingredients of the salad were a little different since I was adapting based on the ingredients I had (I used carrots, raisins, sprouts, avocado and sweet corn) but I made the sauce true to the recipe, with a couple teaspoons of honey to sweeten and some extra cinnamon as suggested. I will be making it again, especially since the ingredients are so healthy : ). Yay nut free!
Thank you for sharing this.
9. This looks lovely. Will make
This looks lovely. Will make for my lunch tomorrow I think.
10. I'm going to make this for
I'm going to make this for lunch today : ) I'll let you know how it turns out. Looks tasty.