Table of contents:
- Ingredients
- Photo of the finished dish
- Recipe video: Carrot salad with dates
- Step by step recipe with photos and videos
- Important additions to the recipe
Video: Carrot Salad With Dates - Recipe With Step By Step Photos And Videos
A healthy and tasty Moroccan carrot salad with dates, seeds and herbs - a spectacular side dish and a colorful stand-alone snack.
Ingredients
Carrots - 500 g
Dates - 10-12 pcs.
Chives - 4 stalks
Mint - 2-3 sprigs
Cilantro / parsley - 4 sprigs
Sunflower seeds (roasted) - 50-70 g
Olive oil - 4 tablespoons
Lemon juice - 2 tablespoons + to taste
Salt to taste
Ground red pepper - 0.25 tsp
Ground cumin - 1/3 tsp
Ground black pepper - to taste
Nuts (roasted) - 50 g
Sugar - 2-3 pinches (optional)
- 198 kcal
- 15 minutes.
- 15 minutes.
Photo of the finished dish
Recipe video: Carrot salad with dates
Step by step recipe with photos and videos
A bright spicy carrot salad with dates is a popular Moroccan dish that will win over any connoisseur of healthy and tasty vegetable salads. The combination of the natural sweetness of carrots and dates, refreshing herbal notes, crispy pieces of toasted nuts and seeds, and a savory dressing of olive oil and lemon juice create a colorful and very harmonious salad that tastes great both as a stand-alone snack and as a refreshing addition to fried meat or fish. Try it!
Prepare ingredients according to the list.
Prepare a dressing. Combine olive oil and lemon juice.
Add salt, red pepper, cumin, and a pinch of ground black pepper. Mix everything well.
Grate the carrots or cut into thin strips.
Add finely chopped green onions and dates.
Pour in the prepared dressing and mix well.
Add about 2/3 of the seeds, finely chopped herbs and nuts to the salad, saving some for garnish.
Mix everything well, taste the salad and add some sugar and spices to taste if necessary. The salad can be served immediately, but if you let it brew, it will only taste better.
Carrot salad with dates is ready. Sprinkle the remaining nuts, seeds and herbs over the salad and serve.
Important additions to the recipe
In the homeland of the dish, in cases where the salad is served as a side dish for fried meat or fish, it is insisted at least 24 hours before serving. In this case, the dressing acts as a kind of marinade, the carrots are slightly less crispy, but very juicy and even more spicy and refreshing in taste.
