Green radish contains many vitamins and microelements, its healing properties are inferior to black. It helps with colds, diseases of the upper respiratory tract, strengthens the immune system. Burning properties in green radish are less pronounced than in its “black sister”, it is combined with a variety of products, has found wide application in cooking. Green radish salads can be very different: festive and everyday, hearty and light, meat and vegetarian. If you decide to include this healthy vegetable in your diet, your menu will not be monotonous.
Cooking Features
Green radish salads are varied, and their preparation technology may vary. However, there are several subtleties that should be taken into account, regardless of the snack option chosen:
- The peel of a green radish is tender, but experienced chefs advise cleaning even it. Then the snack will be more tender. In addition, nitrates can accumulate in the skin, and without it the radish will be more useful.
- To soften the bitterish taste of green radish, use fatty foods: sour cream, mayonnaise, vegetable oil. They also help the body absorb the fat-soluble vitamins found in many vegetables. Honey and vinegar help to balance and emphasize the taste of radish, they are often included in the salad dressing.
- Salting salads with green radish is not recommended: salt draws juice out of vegetables, making the watery snack. It is believed that the salad components contain enough salt to make the salad taste good. If this is not enough for you, use soy sauce or add some salt to the dressing that is added to the salad just before serving.
- The later you fill the salad, the longer it will remain fresh. The exception is puff snacks, which must be collected 2-3 hours before the feast to give the products the opportunity to soak in the sauce.
Salads with green radish are not too sharp, but still it is not advisable to use them in large numbers for people suffering from various diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, in particular, a stomach or duodenal ulcer.
Salad “Retro” of green radish and boiled meat
Composition:
- green radish - 0, 2 kg;
- boiled beef - 0, 2 kg;
- onions - 150 g;
- vegetable oil - 20 ml;
- ground black pepper, mayonnaise or sour cream - to taste.
Method of preparation:
- Wash radish and blot with a napkin. Cut into strips.
- After boiling the meat, chop the meat into thin, short sticks and place them in the radish.
- Free from onions peel, cut into thin half-rings.
- Heat the oil in a frying pan, fry the onion in it until it is golden brown, cool it, add to the other ingredients.
- Pepper the salad, season with mayonnaise or sour cream and place in a beautiful vase.
Such a salad was popular in the 60s of the last century, but modern generations of our compatriots find it tasty.
Salad "Doctor" of green radish and sauerkraut
Composition:
- sauerkraut - 0, 25 kg;
- green radish - 0, 2 kg;
- cranberries - 50 g;
- onions - 100 g;
- lemon juice - 5 ml;
- vegetable oil - 40 ml.
Method of preparation:
- Sauerkraut, if it is too sour, rinse. Allow the brine and water to drain by placing the product in a colander and squeezing it. Crush with a knife.
- Wash radish, dry, clean. Coarsely grate, combine with cabbage.
- Onion, freeing from the husk, finely chopped and add to other ingredients.
- Pour the cranberries into the bowl of chopped products.
- Combine lemon juice with vegetable oil, season the salad with the resulting mixture.
The snack made according to this recipe is rich in vitamins and helps to strengthen the immune system. It is believed that it also helps to get rid of a severe hangover.
Green radish salad with carrots
Composition:
- green radish - 0, 25 kg;
- carrots - 150 g;
- sweet pepper - 100 g;
- fresh greens - 50 g;
- soy sauce - 20 ml;
- lemon juice - 20 ml;
- vegetable oil - 20 ml.
Method of preparation:
- Wash radish and carrots, dry with a napkin. Peel and cut into thin strips.
- Pepper seeds are removed by removing the stalk. Cut a piece of the desired size, cut into strips, add to other vegetables.
- Wash greens, shake off water and place on a clean cloth. When it absorbs water and the greens dry, chop it with a knife, add to other ingredients.
- Mix lemon juice, soy sauce and butter in equal parts. Season the salad with the prepared mixture.
This is one of the most popular recipes for fresh radish salads. This dish can be served as an independent snack or as a side dish.
Korean Green Radish Salad
Composition:
- green radish - 0, 6 kg;
- carrots - 150 g;
- sweet pepper - 0, 2 kg;
- green onions - 50 g;
- red ground pepper - a large pinch;
- salt - 10 g;
- sugar - 15 g;
- table vinegar (9 percent) - 15 ml;
- vegetable oil - 60 ml;
- sesame seeds - 20 g.
Method of preparation:
- Wash vegetables, dry.
- Peel the radish, chop it on a grater designed for cooking Korean salads.
- Peel and, just like radish, chop carrots.
- Pepper seeds, cut into strips.
- Combine vegetables.
- In a separate container, mix the salt, sugar, vinegar, and ground pepper.
- Heat the oil, pour into a container with seasoning, mix.
- Pour warm vegetables over the dressing, stir.
Serve, sprinkled with scallions and sesame seeds. This version of radish salad will appeal to lovers of spicy snacks, fans of Asian cuisine.
Green radish salad with honey and nuts
Composition:
- green radish - 0, 25 kg;
- carrots - 150 g;
- green apple - 0, 2 kg;
- lemon - 0, 5 pcs .;
- honey - 20 ml;
- vegetable oil - 40 ml;
- walnut kernels - 50 g;
- fresh cilantro - to taste.
Method of preparation:
- Wash green radish, wipe, peel, cut into strips.
- Scrape, wash carrots. Blot with a napkin, coarsely rub.
- Peel the apple, cut the core, cut the apple pulp into medium-sized bars, squeeze the juice from half a lemon on them, mix.
- Apples, carrots and radishes are put in a bowl.
- Mix honey melted to a liquid state with vegetable oil, season the salad.
Before serving, sprinkle salad with chopped nuts and chopped greens.
Green radish salad with cheese and garlic
Composition:
- green radish - 0, 25 kg;
- garlic - 1 clove;
- hard cheese - 100 g;
- mayonnaise - 100 ml;
- chicken egg - 2 pcs .;
- ground black pepper, greens - to taste.
Method of preparation:
- Radish, peeling, coarsely rub. Put in a bowl.
- Boil eggs, cool under running cold water. Peel, finely chop with a knife, add to radish.
- Coarsely rub the cheese, combine with radish and eggs.
- Skip garlic through a press, mix with mayonnaise. Dress the salad with garlic sauce.
Appetizer according to this recipe is tender, with moderate spice. Thanks to harmonious taste, she likes almost everyone.
Salad with green radish and squid
Composition:
- squid fillet - 0, 2 kg;
- green radish - 0, 2 kg;
- vegetable oil - 20 ml;
- apple cider vinegar (6%) - 20 ml;
- soy sauce - to taste;
- fresh dill, black ground pepper - to taste.
Method of preparation:
- Peel squid, cut into strips. Dip for 2 minutes in boiling water, catch with a skimmer, cool.
- Coarsely rub the radish, having washed and cleaned it beforehand.
- Combine radish with squid, season to taste, add chopped dill.
- Fill with a mixture of oil, vinegar and soy sauce.
If you want the salad to be more satisfying, it can be supplemented with green peas.
How to decorate a salad of green radish
Salads with green radish look fresh and appetizing, but when serving them to the holiday table they need additional decoration. You can offer a few ideas to decorate these snacks:
- Lettuce leaves and fresh greens will help emphasize the freshness of vitamin salad. The first stele on a dish or in a salad bowl before putting out a snack. Greens finely chopped and send it ready salad. For decoration, you can use whole sprigs of dill, cilantro, parsley.
- Foods that are part of a radish salad can not be mixed, but put in layers - this appetizer looks sleeker and more elegant.
- By expanding the ingredients of the snack sector and mixing them after serving, you will let the guests admire the bright rainbow of vegetables and other tasty foods.
- To decorate a salad of green radish, you can make flowers from vegetables. To do this, they are cut into thin plates. One slice is rolled up, the rest is gathered around it, like petals.
Beautifully and modernly it will look like a salad of green radish, if it is served in an ice-cream bowl, sprinkled with nuts or cheese.
Green radish salad is juicy, moderately savory, appetizing. These snacks can be prepared as a supplement to the family dinner, and for the festive table.
