Monday 30 March 2020

Lively coleslaw to add colour, vitamins and flavour



Make this fresh coleslaw to give a boost to a grey day, or to top up on vitamin C and fibre, or just to have something delicious on its own, with rice or as a side dish with a more substantial main course.

Recipe - enough for four as a side dish. Or for one greedy person.



Ingredients


SALAD
  • 1/2 small white or red cabbage
  • 2 large carrots
  • 1/2 onion
  • 1 fresh red chilli (or substitute/combine with sweet chilli sauce
  • big handful fresh coriander
  • small handful fresh mint
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 2 tbsp thai fish sauce (replace with soy if vegan)
  • juice of 1 lime (enough for at least 5 tbsp)
  • 1 tsp sugar
METHOD
  • finely shred the cabbage
  • peel and grate the carrots
  • finely dice the onion
  • crush and peel the garlic and chop finely
  • deseed the chilli and chop finely
  • finely chop the stems of the washed coriander and shred the leaves
  • take the mint leaves off the stems and shred finely
  • put everything in a bowl and add the fish sauce, lime juice and tsp of sugar
  • stir, mixing thoroughly
shredded lettuce is added to this version