Carrot Salad

A Moroccan dish

Ingredients: 
450g carrots, peeled and cut in julienne strips; 1 clove garlic; ½ tsp each of cumin and coriander seeds;
2 dsp’s fresh coriander, chopped; olive oil; 1 lemon; salt and pepper

Method:

Cook the carrots and unpeeled garlic clove in salted boiling water until just cooked.  Drain, refresh under cold water and remove garlic.  Toast the cumin and coriander seeds in a dry frying pan for 30 seconds.  Remove from heat and grind with a mortar and pestle or the back of a wooden spoon.  In a bowl, combine the spices with the carrots.  Add fresh coriander and enough oil to coat the carrots.  Add lemon juice and season with salt and pepper to taste.

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