Carrot and Cucumber Ribboned salad with Peanut Dressing

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Carrot and Cucumber Ribboned Salad

by Nayna Kanabar April-11-2015

Wafer this ribbons of carrots and cucumber drenched in a delicious tangy and nutty dressing

Ingredients

• 1/2 Cucumber
• 1 Large carrot
• 3 tablespoons Dry roasted peanuts
• 1 tablespoon Olive oil
• 1 Small Red onion
• 1 Orange
• 1/2 Lemon
• 1/2 teaspoon Chilli Flakes
• 1/4 teaspoon Salt
• 1 clove garlic
• 1 tablespoon Honey
• 1/2 tablespoon White wine vinegar
• 3 tablespoons Dry roasted peanuts

Method:

1. Peel the carrot and slice it length ways into thin ribbons using a mandolin. Add the slices to a large bowl.2. Wash the cucumber and slice it into this slices length ways. Add to the bowl with the carrots.3.Peel the onion and slice it very thinly and add to the bowl.4.In a pestle and mortar coarsely grind the peanuts to break them up.Do not powder them they need to very very coarse.5.Crush the garlic and add it to the crushed peanuts, Extract the orange juice and the lemon juice and add it to the pestle and mortar6.Add the white wine vinegar, olive oil, salt, chilli flakes and honey to the pestle and using the mortar crush all the ingredients together.7. Drizzle the peanut dressing  on top of the carrots, cucumber and onions and toss them together to coat with the dressing.8.Transfer the salad to a serving place and chill before serving.

Details

Prep time: 15 mins Cook time:None Total time: 10 mins Yield: 1 Plate

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