Persian Style Carrot Salad

Submitted by Artandkitchen

"This is a very tasty, light and easy to prepare salad. It can be combined with grilled meat."

 

• Ready In: 15mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 500 g carrots, coarsly grated
• 200 g apples, peeled and coarsly grated
• 60 g almonds, toasted and chopped
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1⁄2 teaspoon sugar

directions

1. Mix all ingredients together.
2. Don't add salt, it would soak water!
3. Refrigerate at least one hour.
4. Serve and enjoy.

Reviews

[Annacia]

I made this early in the morning and to be honest the taste I took just after mixing it didn't impress me a lot. That wasn't the case after letting it chill for 4 hrs. My lunch time serving was alive with lovely flavor and the lemon, that had time to work, added a wonderful sparkle. No additional seasoning was was needed and the almond crunch added a lot to the texture. This is very quick to put together using the food processor to do the grating and it was enjoyed very much.

 

[magpie diner]

Very fresh light salad, I'd happily add to my next buffet, especially when you've got a lot of other bold things going on. I love a carrot salad and just as other reviewers pointed out, found the amount of cumin called for works out nicely as do the other flavours. I goofed and used a macintosh apple....can see now that using something like a tart granny smith would really have been better. Thanks Awalde, I'll be making this again.

 

[Sydney Mike]

Must say that I was ready to cut back on the cumin, but after reading the other reviews, I decided to go the whole way, & am so glad that I did ~ In this particular salad it worked beautifully with the cinnamon (& I'm definitely a big fan of that latter spice)! And, although I was tempted to add some raisins to it, I didn't ~ This carrot salad is most satisfying just the way it is! [Tagged & made in Please Review My Recipe]

 

[loof751]

This salad is a delight! I just love the combination of cinnamon and cumin in this, it's a great pairing of flavors that goes well with the sweetness of the carrots and apples. This salad definitely needs to be chilled for a couple of hours before serving to allow the flavors to meld. Thanks for sharing the recipe!

 

[Dreamer in Ontario]

We're in the midst of a heat wave and this salad was a perfect side for dinner. I loved the cinnamon, cumin mixture in the dressing. Made for July NA/ME Tag.