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Carrot Salad

Carrot Salad

Cuisine:Indian

Course:Side Dish

5m prep 0s cook 15m ready

A fresh and vibrant carrot salad with cilantro and peanuts, inspired by Indian street markets. The carrots are grated and tossed with lemon juice, sugar, and salt, then left to stand for 10 minutes to soften and meld flavors.

Ingredients

Servings:

Nutrition (per serving, estimated)

Estimated based off 4 of 6 identified ingredients (per 100 g food data, scaled by amount).

Energy
144 cal
Protein
5.29 g
Carbohydrate
16.7 g
Fiber
5.45 g
Sugars
7.31 g
Sodium
327 mg
Total fat
7.76 g
Saturated fat
1 g
Monounsaturated fat
3.68 g
Polyunsaturated fat
2.5 g
Vitamins & minerals
  • Calcium: 61.7 mg
  • Iron: 1.2 mg
  • Magnesium: 42.3 mg
  • Phosphorus: 105 mg
  • Potassium: 545 mg
  • Zinc: 0.81 mg

Let's Prepare

Collect

Gather these ingredients - no prep needed yet.

  • 2.46 ml caster/granulated sugar
  • 2.46 ml salt

Prepare

  • 5 large carrots, peeled and grated
  • 1 bunch fresh coriander/cilantro, leaves and stalks roughly chopped
  • 75 g peanuts, coarsely ground in a pestle and mortar
  • 0.5 lemon, juice of

Let's Cook

  1. Step 1.

    In a large bowl, combine the peeled and grated carrots, chopped coriander leaves and stalks, coarsely ground peanuts, lemon juice, caster sugar, and salt. Mix well until all ingredients are evenly distributed.

  2. Step 2.

    Let the salad stand for 10 minutes at room temperature to allow the carrots to release their natural flavors and soften slightly.

  3. Step 3.

    Just before serving, stir the salad again to recombine any settled juices. Garnish with a little fresh coriander.

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