Indian Carrot Salad

Name: Indian Carrot Salad
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Indian, Asian
Ingredients: 454 grams carrots (mixed colors if possible), peeled; 1 small bunch A fresh cilantro, leaves picked; 1 teaspoon cumin seeds; 2 teaspoons garam masala; 1 teaspoon freshly grated ginger; 567 grams good-quality coarsely ground lamb; 1 halve Lemon; 1 lemon, zested and juiced; 1 small bunch A fresh mint, leaves picked; 4 servings Naan bread; 4 servings Extra-virgin olive oil; 4 servings Sea salt; 1 Tbsp sesame seeds; 3 smalls shallots or 1 small red onion, peeled; 4 servings Yogurt

The recipe Indian Carrot Salad could satisfy your Indian craving in about 45 minutes. This recipe makes 4 servings with 698 calories, 28g of protein, and 51g of fat each. This recipe covers 26% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up garam masala, olive oil, lemon halves, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the lemon zest you could follow this main course with the Orange Marmalade Cookies with Orange Zest Icing as a dessert.

Instructions

This is a beautiful fresh Indian-style salad with a zingy crispness that goes wonderfully with spicy lamb. The dressed carrots can be served on their own with some added apple or celery for extra sweetness and crunch.

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Carrot

Celery

Apple

Lamb

Heat a large frying pan and fry your ground lamb until all the fat comes out of it.

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Ground Lamb

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Frying Pan

Add the garam masala and a good pinch of salt and give it a stir. Keep frying until the meat is lovely and crispy. Shave the carrots into long thin strips with a peeler or a mandoline slicer and set them aside.

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Garam Masala

Carrot

Meat

Salt

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Mandoline

Peeler

Heat a small frying pan over a moderate heat and toast the cumin seeds for 30 seconds - they will start to smell nutty and gorgeous. You're not trying to cook the seeds here, you're just waking their flavors up a bit.

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Cumin Seeds

Seeds

Toast

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Frying Pan

Put them into a pestle and mortar and grind them up.

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Mortar And Pestle

Put the pan back on the heat and toast the sesame seeds until golden.

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Sesame Seeds

Toast

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Frying Pan

Transfer them to a plate.

Slice your peeled shallots or onion wafer thin. As with all salads that contain onion, you don't want to be coming across great big chunks! If you don't feel confident about your knife skills, use the coarse side of a box grater instead. This will almost mush your onions to a puree, but at least you won't come across any big bits.

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Shallot

Onion

Wafer

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Box Grater

Knife

To make your dressing, put the lemon zest and juice into a bowl and add the shallots or onion, grated ginger, ground cumin and a pinch of salt.

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Ground Cumin

Lemon Zest

Shallot

Ginger

Juice

Onion

Salt

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Bowl

Whisk everything together with about 5 tablespoons of extra- virgin olive oil.

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Virgin Olive Oil

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Whisk

Pour the dressing over the carrots, add the cilantro and mint leaves, and mix it all together using your fingers. It's important that you have a little taste to check whether the dressing needs more lemon juice, oil or seasoning.

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Lemon Juice

Mint

Seasoning

Cilantro

Carrot

Cooking Oil

Divide the crispy lamb between 4 plates and put the dressed salad on top.

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Lamb

Sprinkle with the toasted sesame seeds.

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Sesame Seeds

Served with naan bread, some yogurt and lemon halves, this makes a great snack!

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Naan

Yogurt

Lemon

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Servings:

454grams

carrots (mixed colors if possible), peeled 1small bunch

A fresh cilantro, leaves picked 1teaspoon

cumin seeds 2teaspoons

garam masala 1teaspoon

freshly grated ginger 567grams

good-quality coarsely ground lamb 1halve

Lemon 1

lemon, zested and juiced 1small bunch

A fresh mint, leaves picked 4servings

Naan bread 4servings

Extra-virgin olive oil 4servings

Sea salt 1Tbsp

sesame seeds 3smalls

shallots or 1 small red onion, peeled 4servings

Yogurt

Recommended wine: Chenin Blanc, Gewurztraminer, Riesling

Chenin Blanc, Gewurztraminer, and Riesling are great choices for Asian. The best wine for Asian food depends on the cuisine and dish - of course - but these acidic whites pair with a number of traditional meals, spicy or not. The Quintan Essentia Chenin Blanc with a 4.5 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 35 dollars per bottle.