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This is a salad inspired by the oh-so-creative New Vegetarian, Yotam Ottolenghi! I love his creative approach to vegetarian recipes.

Ingredients

1½ tbsp cumin seeds
1½ tbsp coriander seeds
1 c  sprouts (whole green gram)
1 c tiny red radish, thinly sliced
1 c carrots, peeled and thinly sliced
1 c thinly sliced baby cucumbers 
1 tbsp dried parsley
1 garlic cloves, crushed
2 tbsp rapeseed oil
2 tbsp red-wine vinegar
2 tbsp cider vinegar
1 tsp salt
juice of half a lemon
2 c romaine lettuce, torn
Black pepper

Method

In a small frying pan, toast the cumin and coriander seeds on high heat for a minute or two, shaking the pan to move the seeds around as you do so, until they give off their aroma and begin to pop. Transfer to a mortar, and crush with a pestle until powdery.

Put the sprouts, radish, cucumber and carrot in a large bowl. Add the parsley, garlic, oils, vinegars, cumin, salt, lemon juice and some black pepper. Stir, taste and adjust the seasoning as necessary. Add the lettuce, toss gently and serve.

Judgement

It tasted green and great. The flavors all were playful- had fun making it and eating it too! The wise guy could not praise me enough. Loved the idea of toasted cumin and coriander, it brought it an unexpected dimension to the salad.

I am sending this off to Torview for the Food Palette series event- first time participating.

Pia is hosting her Innovative salad-cucumber event - I did not know about until she left a comment here- so here this goes to her event too!
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  1. TorviewtorontoJanuary 21, 2011 at 5:21 PM

    thank you for linking this delicious salad looks wonderful I am following you :)

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  2. AbiJanuary 23, 2011 at 4:16 PM

    Thank you! Glad I chanced upon your blog- it is awesome!

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  3. PiaJanuary 30, 2011 at 3:31 AM

    Its really healthy and nice.

    One salad event is going on the the my blog , I would be really happy if your will link your salad to the event

    Innovative Salads

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  4. AbiJanuary 31, 2011 at 11:24 AM

    Done Pia!

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