Coconut Rainbow Salad
Fresh daikon, bell peppers, spinach, cabbage and carrots covered in coconut-chili-pineapple sauce and garnished with herbs, scallions, and fresh fruit. I made this salad out of a bunch of produce I had sitting in the fridge--I really liked this combination but I am sure other veggies and/or fruits would be delicious as well!
For the sauce:
Meat from one Thai young coconut (about 3/4 cup)
1/2 c fresh coconut
water
1/2 c fresh or frozen pineapple chunks
1 knob fresh ginger (about 1 tbsp)
1/4-1/2 red chili flakes, or to taste
Julienned vegetables:
1 1/2 c green cabbaged, julienned
1 1/2 c fresh spinach,
julienned
1 lg or 2 sm bell peppers, julienned
1 daikon radish, peeled into noodles or spiralized
2 carrots, julienned
To garnish:
4 scallions, sliced
1/2 bunch (or to taste) fresh cilantro,
chopped
6-7 fresh basil leaves, chiffonade
1 banana, sliced
handful of blueberries
Place all sauce ingredients in Vita-Mix or blender and process until smooth (if you do not have a high-speed blender, you may wish to grate or mince the ginger first). Set aside.
Combine all vegetables in a large mixing bowl to mix evenly. Arrange on serving plates and pour the sauce over the vegetables. Garnish with the scallions, cilantro, basil, bananas and blueberries and serve.
3 reponses to "Coconut Rainbow Salad"
1. I don't do well with young
I don't do well with young coconut meat(sadly) but I like the combo and wondering now what else I could use for the dressing(I'm sure I will come up with something if I decide to try something similar tomorrow - no banana)
I never thought of using daikon radish for noodles, that is great ...lol because I just bought 2 of them then later decided I didn't feel like making the slaw I bought them for originally. Good idea :)
2. I tried this tonight with a
I tried this tonight with a few adjustments and it was AWESOME! For the sauce, I used mango instead of pineapple and a generous squeeze of Sriracha. I also substituted black beans for blueberries on the top. Rave reviews from the man of the house!
3. Oh, WOW!!! This looks
Oh, WOW!!! This looks amazing!