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Carrot salad in a bowl with chilli at the back right and green leaves on the left
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5 from 2 votes

Carrot Salad

Prep Time10 minutes
Resting Time30 minutes
Course: Salad
Cuisine: Indian
Keyword: carrot salad, indian salad, side dish, simple carrot salad
Servings: 4

Ingredients

  • 3 large carrots
  • 1 small onion thinly sliced
  • 1 green chilli
  • 1/3 cucumber
  • coriander
  • 3 tbsp white vinegar
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • salt

Instructions

  • Thinly slice the onion and chop the green chilli. Mix the vinegar and sugar in a glass bowl or jar and soak the onion and chilli for about 30 minutes or until ready to serve the salad
  • Peel and grate the carrot. You can use a box grater or use a food processor
  • Chop the cucumber into cubes or however you wish to cut it
  • Drain the vinegar from the chilli and onion and toss all the ingredients together. Season with some salt
  • Add some chopped coriander to the salad. Serve with your favorite Indian dish

Notes

  1. Although here in South Africa we do not add nuts to our Carrot Salad, you can add some peanuts to it if you wish
  2. My mum also added some chopped iceberg lettuce to her salad just before serving, if you wish you can add some lettuce to the salad