I must tell you - this past weekend the weather was glorious - it was fraught with activity for us, but I did manage to steal some time in the sunshine and left the windows open and let the warm, fresh air circulate the house... just what the doctor ordered!
We also had our first outdoor meal since winter began, and it was lovely. And although this salad isn't a quick 'throw-together-affair' it is something you could make in advance and assemble last moment.
The star of this salad is the dressing - peanut satay-ish - and with the combination of crunch from the beans, bean shoots, cucumber and carrot, and the substance of the potato and egg, it's light, but filling and personally I don't think you need to have is as accompaniment, but as a meal in itself. Although, leftovers can easily fit that purpose or you could make it to feed a crowd at a barbeque.. (I've advised hubby the barbeque will be getting a workout next weekend!).
Ingredients:
Salad:
4 small cobs of corn, boiled for 5 minutes, and cut into disks
1 lebanese cucumber, thickly diced
6 eggs, hard boiled and crumbled
1 1/2 cups bean spouts
20 or so fresh green beans, trimmed and blanched
2 large white potatoes, diced and firmly cooked
1 medium carrot, grated with a potato peeler
Dressing:
1/3 cup smooth peanut butter
2/3 cup roasted peanuts
3 cloves garlic
1 small red chili, finely chopped, seeds removed
2 tb lime juice
Method:
Chop, cook and grate ingredients as necessary
In a food processor add all dressing ingredients
Process until smooth, then add water (about 1 1/2 cups) to make it 'drippable'.
Arrange all your ingredients on a large tray or bowl (I prefer it on a tray.. easier to get the sauce on as much as possible..) Get the kids to help with this bit!
Drizzle sauce over the top and any leftover sauce, put in a bowl, you'll want more I promise!
So put it on your meal plan for the week or even the weekend!
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8 lovely comments:
Yum! This is exactly my type of salad but I've never made this traditional dish. Thanks for the inspiration:)
This looks really good. I'm spending some time in Italy and maybe I'll teach them a thing or two with this recipe.
I am so going to make this for dinner in the coming week. Yum.
Gado-Gado is one of my favourites, I like to add some nice marinated tofu in to it as well - might have to make this one up next weekend.
YUM. A few halved, hard-boiled eggs don't go amiss either.
This looks delicious!!! Thanks for the recipe!!
I first came across this dish in Bali, and since I love salads as well as satay sauce, it quickly became a favourite of mine.
This recipe looks good. Will have to try it.
llollz
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