Beginning the salad week with this delicious kale salad with thai flavors. It’s easy to make and wholesome too!
Ingredients
- Serves 4
- For the Salad
- 1 cup of edamame, shelled
- 1 – 2 cups of kale, sliced
- 2 small carrots, grated
- 1 small purple cabbage, sliced
- 1 red bell pepper, sliced
- 1 yellow bell pepper, sliced
- 1 cup spring onions
- 1/2 cup peanuts/cashews
- 1 cup quinoa, cooked
- 1 tbsp black and white sesame seeds
- Ingredients for the dressing
- 4 cloves garlic, peeled
- 1 tsp ginger, minced
- 2 – 3 red bird eye chilies
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tbsp water
- 1 and 1/2 tbsp sugar or 1 tbsp sugar or 1 tbsp maple syrup
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- Salt to taste
Preparation
Prep: 5 minutes
Cooking: 15 minutes
- Method for dressing – Grind the ingredients of the dressings in a mortar and pestle until fine. Stir until the sugar is dissolved.
- Method for salad – Cook the edamame by boiling it for 3-5 minutes in a pot of boiling water. Drain and allow it to cool.
- Slice the kale, purple cabbage, bell peppers, spring onions into thin strips or shreds.
- Toss the quinoa, kale, carrots, peppers, spring onions, edamame and peanuts/spring onions together until well combined.
- Add in the dressing slowly and serve cold.
- Garnish spring onions and sesame seeds.