Thai Veg Salad | Quick Tossed Salad
Thai Veg Salad is a light, vibrant, and refreshing salad made with crunchy fresh vegetables like cabbage, carrots, bell peppers, and onions, tossed in a zesty Thai-style dressing. The dressing typically includes soy sauce, lime juice, garlic, chili, and a touch of sweetness for that perfect balance of spicy, tangy, and sweet flavors. Garnished with roasted peanuts or sesame seeds, it’s a quick and healthy dish ideal as a starter, side, or light meal.
Ingredients
For Dressing
- 1tsp Garlic chopped
- a pinch Salt
- (powdered) – 3 tbsp Gur (Jaggery)
- 2tsp Ginger chopped
- 3 tbsp Lemon juice
- (light) – 2tbsp Soya sauce
- 1 tbsp Chilli sauce
- 1tbsp Peanut Butter
- 1tbsp Sesame oil
For Salad
- 2cups Mango sliced
- 1cup Cabbage (shredded)
- ½ cup Capsicum sliced
- 1cup Purple cabbage (shredded)
- Raw papaya shredded – 1cup
- Carrot juliennes – 1 cup
- ½ cup Spring Onions Chopped
- handful Mint leaves
- a pinch Salt
- 2tbsp Lemon juice
- Sesame (toasted) – 1tbsp
Instructions
- To prepare the Thai dressing for the salad place the garlic in a moter pestle and pound it with little salt to make it into a paste. Add this paste to a bowl add in jaggery, ginger, lemon, soya sauce, chilli sauce, peanut butter and a dash of sesame oil whisk it well to make a homogenous dressing.
- Next step is to mix together all the fruits & veggies and add some salt and lemon juice to it. Pour over the dressing and toss them together. Portion out the salad in a platter and garnish with toasted sesame and serve.
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