African Spiced Vegetable Salad

Amber of AZ's Note:

Very good and a nice change. I am not a big fan of cauliflower so I use a bag of fresh stir fry vegetables instead. The presentation is very colorful. I adapted this recipe from a Weight Watchers cookbok. 1 point per 1 cup serving.

• Total Time: 8 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 3 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 2

• 3/4 cup fresh broccoli florets, small
• 3/4 cup fresh cauliflower floret
• 1/2 cup diagonally sliced carrot
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/8 teaspoon ground coriander
• 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 3 tablespoons nonfat sour cream
• 2 teaspoons cider vinegar
• 1/2 teaspoon honey
• 2 tablespoons sliced green onions

Directions:

1. Steam the vegetables, covered 2 minutes.
2. Rinse under cold water; drain well.
3. Combine spices in a skillet over medium heat and cook 2 minutes stirring constantly.
4. In a medium bowl, combine spice mixture, sour cream, vinegar, and honey.
5. Add vegetables and mix well.

Reviews

[sugarpea]

Very colorful dish and the dressing is great when just made. It's an interesting blend of spices and not at all overwhelming. I put this together and refrigerated it for three hours. Don't do that. Put the dressing on just before serving as it gets watery with time.

[Charishma_Ramchandani]

This is one of my favourite meals. We make this atleast 4 times a week. I also use fresh vegetables: carrots, French beans, potatoes, greenpeas(frozen but defrosted), cauliflower and celery. I'm not a big broccoli fan, so I leave that out. I substitute the cider vinegar with freshly squeezed lemon juice. Most often, I enjoy the vegetables all by themselves, i.e., minus the dressing. I most often add a pinch of turmeric powder, 1/4 tsp. red chilli powder and 1/2 tsp. of black pepper to the veggies while they are steaming. When I do that, I skip the nutmeg and ginger completely.

[Elmotoo]

This was really good but the kids weren't impressed. *sigh* I used fresh veggies which adds to the prep time significantly.