Carrots are a versatile root vegetable. It is used in different salads: sweet, salty or spicy. Moreover, many of them can be prepared literally in a matter of minutes from ingredients that are always on hand. Fresh carrot salad is especially useful. There are about a thousand recipes in world cooking. Of course, many of them are simply modified versions of classic combinations.
From raw carrots can be prepared quickly simple snack, since it does not require additional heat treatment. Most often, the vegetable is simply grated, less often - cut with a knife into thin strips or cubes. Carrots do not release much juice, so you can salt them right away. Sometimes it is even specially ground for additional moisture.
Many housewives are concerned about the question of what and how to prepare carrot salad. This vegetable goes well with almost all vegetables and herbs, dried fruits and fruits, dairy products, seafood, sausages and canned goods.
Mayonnaise is often used as a dressing for carrot salad. There are also recipes with more interesting dressings: based on vegetable oil, mustard, table vinegar or lemon sauce. This salad will be more dietary and suitable for weight loss.
This combination is known to many. Any cheese can be used: hard or processed. You can complement the salad with fresh carrots with grainy cottage cheese, in which case you will need a little more dressing. And so a standard set of ingredients is required:
The carrots are peeled and grated. Add grated or diced cheese and chopped garlic. Season with the chosen sauce. If you have time, you can lay out all the ingredients in layers.
The orange vegetable goes well with sour apples. In addition to apples, you need to take fresh lemon juice, but it can be replaced with apple or wine vinegar. Before you learn how to make carrot salad, you need to prepare all the necessary ingredients:
It is better to choose sour apples that are green in color and have fairly dense flesh. They are cleaned and sprayed lemon juice or vinegar to prevent them from darkening. Grate carrots and apples, season with oil and salt to taste. Before serving, sprinkle with chopped herbs. It is recommended to eat this salad immediately after preparation, as it will not be stored for that long.
This salad is often called “Lose Weight.” This is explained by the presence of beets, which can gently cleanse the intestines. As a dressing, use high-quality oil - linseed or olive. You don't need many ingredients:
Vegetables are peeled, coarsely grated and mixed. It is better to use a grater for cooking Korean carrots- this way the dish will look more appetizing. Everything is seasoned with oil mixed with fresh juice, lightly grind the vegetable mass. Garlic is added to taste, as is salt.
If you want some healthy dessert, you can make a sweet carrot snack that is often served to children. Ideal for breakfast, as the dish can energize you for the whole day.
If the honey is sufficiently candied, then it is first melted in a water bath. Do not heat it too much to prevent all the vitamins from disappearing. Peel the carrots and apples and rub them with coarse shavings. The nuts are fried in a dry frying pan for a couple of minutes and added to the salad. You can even grind the nut kernels into flour. Honey is mixed with lemon juice and the salad mixture is seasoned with this mixture. Add sugar and cinnamon to taste.
For the recipe it is taken White cabbage, but no one canceled culinary experiments, so red cabbage or Peking cabbage are also suitable. The set of ingredients is very modest:
The cabbage is finely chopped, the carrots are grated. Add vinegar with sugar and salt to the prepared vegetables and grind. If the cabbage is summer, young, then you can simply mash it a little, but a hard vegetable needs to be ground until the juice is released. Add chopped herbs, season with oil and ground pepper. Serve immediately after cooking.
The salad will turn out more satisfying if you use mayonnaise or sour cream as a dressing, but then you need to be careful with vinegar.
In addition to raisins, prunes, dried apricots, and dates are often added to this salad, not forgetting to remove any seeds from the dried fruits. This sweet carrot snack can also be safely served as a dessert or included in children's menu. Prepared from the following components:
The raisins are washed and filled with warm water to swell. If you plan to add other dried fruits, they also need to be steamed first. The carrots are peeled and grated. The nuts are simply dried or fried, then rolled with a rolling pin to form small pieces; no flour is required.
The raisins are squeezed out and mixed with nuts and carrots. Mix sour cream with a pinch of cinnamon and sugar to taste. Next, add this mixture to a sweet and healthy dessert.
According to the recipe, fresh carrots are used, although they are also suitable Korean version. They are prepared with squid, but they can be supplemented with any other seafood or taken straight away Seafood Cocktail. So, you only need a couple of carrots, a squid carcass and an onion, as well as oil and various spices.
The carrots are grated and mixed with pepper and salt, crushed by hand and left for half an hour. You can add a few drops of table vinegar to it. The onion is peeled, cut into rings and fried in oil for a couple of minutes, then chopped squid is added and fried together for no more than four minutes. If you cook seafood longer, it will become tough and resemble rubber.
All that remains is to mix the carrots with squid and onions and serve! At the same time, you don’t have to wait for the seafood to cool down; a warm appetizer turns out much more flavorful than an already cooled one.
This ham salad is often prepared with Korean carrots, but raw will also be appropriate. Despite its apparent simplicity, the dish turns out aromatic and tasty. Ideal for holiday menu, although it is prepared from a minimum of ingredients:
The ham is cut into thin strips and mixed with grated carrots. Add a couple of tablespoons of canned sweet corn, chopped garlic and dill. Mix with mayonnaise and serve immediately.
The salad will be no less satisfying with hunting sausages. If there are none, then any smoked sausage. The ingredients are:
The peeled red vegetable is grated and mixed with soy sauce and pepper. You can add Italian herbs or Korean appetizer seasoning for flavor. Rub with hands. Then add chopped cucumber and pepper. Next add sausages, which can be cut into thin circles. As a dressing, mustard is mixed with oil.
With the addition of beef it also turns out delicious. If desired, it can be replaced with any other meat, including dietary meat - chicken or turkey. The following ingredients are required:
The onion is cut into thin half rings. Mix a glass of water with two tablespoons of vinegar and pour this mixture over the onions for half an hour. The meat is cut into strips and fried in oil with the addition of your favorite spices. Grate the carrots, mix with hot meat and onion squeezed out of water. It is advisable to let the salad sit in the refrigerator for a couple of hours before serving - this makes it much tastier.
If you resort to some tricks, the carrot salad will turn out even tastier and will be somewhat easier to prepare. To do this, you should adhere to general recommendations:
In general, by choosing the recipe you like, you can quickly prepare delicious snack from a bright and healthy vegetable. Such salads should be included more often in both children's and adult diets. The product is considered affordable, and its compatibility with other ingredients makes it versatile. Having experimented with different salads, you can learn to create your own successful combinations.
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It may seem to many that carrots are a very simple product from which you can prepare a small number of dishes. If you use imagination and ingenuity, the range of carrot recipes can be significantly expanded, so that even a true gourmet will be surprised.
Carrots are very healthy, with a lot of vitamins and substances our body needs. It has a very delicate and pleasant taste, worthy of the main role in the dish. Carrots are a real find for those who want to lose weight and lead a healthy lifestyle. We will present to your attention several tasty and healthy dishes.
This salad will please all family members. It's simple and hearty dish would be a great option cold snack. Preparing such a salad is not difficult. You will need the bare minimum of products, all of them are available and not expensive.
The list of ingredients is not long, we will need:
Preparing the salad does not take much time.
We take washed and peeled carrots, in the same quantity as you will prepare this dish. The carrots need to be grated on a coarse grater or cut into small strips.
Grate hard cheese into the same bowl.
Take a few cloves aromatic garlic chop or press. If you like it spicier, then increase the amount of garlic.
Add a few spoons of mayonnaise to the salad.
Taste and if there is not enough salt, add more salt.
To soak the prepared salad, put it in the cold for several hours.
You can serve it with herbs and lemon.
It’s worth making this salad and appreciating its taste!
This unusual version of hummus should be on the note of every housewife. Carrot hummus is low-calorie, filling, light, healthy, and it won’t be difficult for you to prepare. Garlic spices add aromatic flavor to the dish spicy taste. It will be a great addition to flatbreads, sandwiches, crispbreads and toast. Hummus is flexible and takes on the taste of any spice or aromatic additive. Try it, and we can say with certainty that the taste of the dish will not leave you indifferent.
We cut the well-washed and peeled carrots into cubes, cubes, basically as you like. Cauliflower We don’t cut it, but separate it into inflorescences. Take out a baking tray and line it with baking paper. Place the cooked vegetables on a baking sheet. Wrap the garlic cloves in foil and place them with the vegetables.
It will add a subtle aroma to the dish, which you will feel when you take out the baking sheet. Sprinkle with vegetable or olive oil, add a little salt and pepper, and other spices to taste. Place the baking sheet with vegetables in the oven, which is preheated to 200 degrees. Bake for about an hour until the vegetables are soft and golden brown.
When the vegetables are baked, place them in a deep container, pour a couple of tablespoons of olive or refined oil, lemon juice, a few tablespoons of chilled boiled water. Grind all ingredients in a blender.
Don't forget to add salt and cayenne pepper and coriander. Mix all the contents of the bowl thoroughly.
Before serving, sprinkle the hummus with sesame seeds and various herbs; cilantro will go well with it.
Very tasty and healthy dish. Try it!
Tired of thinking about what to cook and serve? This snack will come to your rescue. It will be a great addition to meat dishes, and you can simply put it on bread. Just right for a snack. The most important thing is that the products used in preparation are available and inexpensive.
Preparing the snack is completely easy and simple.
So, let's move on to cooking. Carrots must be thoroughly washed and peeled. Then grate it (finely).
Add chopped parsley or any other greens to taste into the carrots.
Set the bowl with carrots aside and begin preparing the dressing. It's not at all difficult to prepare. Mix rosehip syrup olive oil(if not, use vegetable), creamy horseradish, salt and pepper.
Mix the dressing well until smooth.
Add the dressing to the carrots and mix.
The dish can be served in several ways: spread out on pieces of bread, in a salad bowl. As an addition, you can grate an apple (just a little).
Try it very tasty!
Don't have time to cook? Such quick snack It will appeal not only to you, but to all family members. Unusual combination cottage cheese and carrots will not leave you indifferent.
You can experiment with preparing this snack. Regular carrots, Korean-style, spicy, are suitable for this dish. Use spices to taste too. You can add greens and walnuts.
This appetizer should be called a five-minute appetizer, as it cooks very quickly.
Grind carrots (any of your choice) in a blender,
add cottage cheese. Add just a little vegetable oil and mayonnaise to the carrots. Beat cottage cheese with carrots.
You can serve with flatbread, bread, toast.
Garnish with herbs and add chopped pine nuts.
The appetizer is ready. Try it!
Children will undoubtedly appreciate such snacks. Tasty, healthy and nutritious chips are an excellent alternative to potato chips.
To make chips, it is better to take carrot varieties that are not too juicy so that the carrots dry faster in the oven. The carrots should be large.
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Wash the carrots thoroughly and dry with a towel. Cut it into thin slices and
mix with vegetable oil.
Place the carrots on a baking sheet (be sure to line the baking sheet with parchment) in one layer, separately from each other.
Cook the chips until completely dry, turning over if necessary.
The chips are ready. Here you can experiment - add pepper, aromatic spices.
Crunch for your health!
During Lent, such a salad will be an ideal dish for the table. You can prepare it at any time; it will suit both the everyday table and the festive one. Easy to prepare, low in calories. Great option, for those who are for a healthy lifestyle.
So, let's start preparing this completely simple dish. Boil carrots in advance
and beets.
We clean and rinse the boiled vegetables. It is recommended to cut into small cubes.
Finely chop the green onions and add them to the vegetables in the salad bowl. If you really like greens, then add dill, parsley, etc. Add mustard grains and salt. Mix the contents of the salad bowl.
To add some piquancy to the dish, sprinkle chopped walnuts or pine nuts on top.
Take note of the recipe for this salad. Eat for your health!
Such spicy salad will certainly satisfy your hunger. Ideal as a snack. Undoubtedly, every housewife will take note of this dish. Only healthy ingredients are used in the salad.
Cooking process.
For the dish we use chicken liver (it is more tender), but this is not necessary, you can use any one you like. Chicken liver rinse thoroughly and remove veins.
Beat the liver, milk and flour in a blender until smooth, add lightly.
From the resulting mass fry a liver pancake,
but we don't make it tough.
Chop the carrots and place them in a frying pan.
Add salt, spices, butter. Simmer over medium heat. Don't forget to stir. For unusual taste sprinkle with cognac. In the same frying pan, without removing the butter, fry the pre-chopped onion. You can take any onion (white, blue, yellow).
Cut the liver pancake however you want, use your imagination, but make sure the pieces are not large.
Mix all ingredients
add mayonnaise
and canned beans.
Real jam. Bon appetit.
This nutritious salad is the ideal solution for every housewife. The composition of the liver is very useful. The salad is prepared from inexpensive ingredients and the taste will pleasantly surprise you. Be sure to prepare this pork liver salad for the holiday and surprise your guests. We can say with certainty that this dish will take a leading position in your daily menu.
The very first thing is to deal with the liver. We rinse it well, remove all films, vessels, ducts and rinse thoroughly again. To make the liver softer, soak it in milk (optional). In fact, you don’t have to cook with pork liver; you can use chicken or beef liver.
Cook the liver for 40 minutes over medium heat, depending on the size of the piece. Cut the onions into rings (you can use blue or red), grate the carrots.
Carrots with onions fry in a frying pan until golden brown.
Pre-boiled and chilled pork liver, cut into cubes or strips.
Chopped liver, fried vegetables, salt, pepper, garlic and mayonnaise (it is better to prepare it yourself), mix thoroughly.
Decorate the salad with a variety of greens, you can add a slice of lemon.
A flavorful and nutritious liver salad is ready. Bon appetit.
Such a salad will undoubtedly be a decoration not only festive table, but also everyday. Simple and easy to prepare. Your guests will certainly appreciate the taste of this salad with a twist.
Carrots must be peeled and washed. Pre-cook egg. We wash the raisins; if they seem a bit dry, then soak them in warm water for 10 minutes. Let the raisins dry a little
Cut the carrots into thin long strips.
Cut the boiled chicken egg into thin strips. Mix carrots and eggs in a salad bowl.
Squeeze the garlic there and add raisins.
Add mayonnaise, spices, and salt if necessary.
Mix everything thoroughly.
Salad ready! Bon appetit.
This salad will please you at any time of the year. An excellent option for those who are on a diet and lead a healthy lifestyle.
Wash and peel the radishes and carrots. Then grate everything.
Mix in a bowl.
Grind the walnuts into coarse crumbs and dry them on a baking sheet.
Squeeze the garlic through a press or finely chop it. Add a few drops of lemon juice and a little zest. Place nuts and garlic in a salad bowl.
Season with salt and pepper, add vegetable oil and mix thoroughly.
The salad is best served after a few hours, when it has soaked.
As an alternative to butter, you can add mayonnaise (preferably homemade).
If you want a spicier salad, then take black radish.
Tasty, light, satisfying, healthy, bright, juicy - all these epithets can rightfully be applied to carrot salads. This dish can be considered universal due to the fact that carrots go wonderfully with other vegetables and ingredients, and the main component - carrots - is always on hand at any time of the year. Carrot salads are incredibly simple to prepare, and the final result will appeal to both adults and children.
Since carrots are available all year round, salads from this vegetable can be prepared at any time, and they will never lose their relevance. Most often, carrots are used in salads in grated form. You can grate it on a regular grater or use a special Korean carrot grater. Carrot salads are popular in various cuisines around the world, but in Russia they are especially loved and revered and are served both on weekdays and on holidays. Carrots are an indispensable ingredient in such popular salads as “Olivier”, “Mimosa” and “Herring under a Fur Coat”, but they are no less tasty carrot salads with a minimum of ingredients, when other vegetables, nuts, raisins or just one spicy dressing are added to the carrots.
Carrot salads will delight not only your taste buds, but also your eyes, as they are very bright and appetizing. With their whole appearance they remind us of the warmth and gentle sun, and there is no need to talk about their benefits - carrots are a rich source of vitamins (A, B1, B2, B6, C, E, K, PP), minerals (potassium, calcium , magnesium, iron and phosphorus) and at the same time has low calorie content.
Carrot salads can be an excellent side dish for meat or fish, while carrot salads with the addition of other vegetables can be included in a diet menu or become part of healthy eating. Whatever recipe you choose, you can rest assured that you will be able to fully experience all the benefits and wonderful taste of this wonderful vegetable. Let's try?
Carrot salad with mustard-honey dressing
Ingredients:
500 g carrots,
3 tablespoons vegetable or olive oil,
1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice,
2 teaspoons mustard,
1-2 teaspoons honey,
1/4 teaspoon salt,
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper,
2-3 sprigs of fresh parsley.
Preparation:
Grate the carrots using a grater or a food processor with a special attachment. To prepare the dressing, mix mustard, lemon juice, honey, oil, salt and pepper in a bowl. Add carrots and finely chopped parsley. Mix well and add additional seasonings if necessary. Cover bowl with salad and refrigerate before serving.
Vitamin salad of carrots, cabbage and onions
Ingredients:
1 carrot,
1 onion,
300 g cabbage,
3 cloves of garlic,
3-4 tablespoons of vegetable oil,
2 teaspoons sugar,
1 teaspoon vinegar,
salt to taste.
Preparation:
Mix coarsely grated carrots, shredded cabbage, chopped onion and minced garlic in a bowl. Pour a dressing made from oil, vinegar, sugar and salt over the vegetables. Mix well and serve.
Boiled carrot salad with apple and raisins
Ingredients:
4-5 medium sized carrots,
100-150 g raisins,
1 large apple
2-3 tablespoons regular yogurt,
ground cinnamon to taste.
Preparation:
Boil the carrots, cool and peel them, then grate them on a coarse grater. Cut the apple into small cubes. Mix all ingredients in a bowl and top with yogurt. Cool the salad before serving.
Fried carrot salad with onions, beans and garlic
Ingredients:
3-4 carrots,
1 large onion,
1 can canned white beans
3-4 cloves of garlic,
1/2 pack of crackers,
mayonnaise,
salt to taste,
vegetable oil.
Preparation:
Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan and fry finely chopped onion for 2 minutes. Add grated carrots and fry until soft, adding a small amount of water. Add salt to taste. When the carrots are ready, they need to be cooled. In a salad bowl, mix vegetables with beans, after draining the water, and garlic passed through a press. Season the salad with mayonnaise, mix and refrigerate. Before serving, decorate the salad with croutons.
Layered carrot salad with potatoes and crab meat
Ingredients:
500 g potatoes,
250 g carrots,
200 g crab meat,
200 g mayonnaise,
5 eggs.
Preparation:
Peel the boiled potatoes in their jackets and grate them on a fine grater. Also boil the carrots, peel them and grate them on a fine grater. U boiled eggs separate the whites from the yolks. Place half of the potatoes in a salad bowl or on a flat dish. Cover with a thin mesh of mayonnaise (about 3 tablespoons of mayonnaise), place chopped crab meat on top, and then grated egg whites. Make a mayonnaise mesh again. Place the remaining potatoes on top and apply the mayonnaise mesh again. Place a layer of grated carrots (if you are making the salad on a flat dish, you need to cover not only the top, but also the sides of the salad with grated carrots). Grate the chicken yolk over the salad (distribute it to the sides if the salad is being formed on a platter). Put ready salad refrigerate for 1-2 hours before serving.
Carrot salad with walnuts and garlic
Ingredients:
5 large carrots,
3-5 cloves of garlic,
70 g walnuts,
3 tablespoons of mayonnaise.
Preparation:
Mix grated carrots, pressed garlic, chopped walnuts and mayonnaise. Serve the salad chilled.
Indian style carrot and peanut salad
Ingredients:
2 large carrots,
100 g peanuts (can be salted),
1/2 chili pepper,
3 tablespoons lemon juice,
1 teaspoon sugar,
1/2 teaspoon salt,
2-3 sprigs of cilantro.
Preparation:
In a medium bowl, combine grated carrots, chopped peanuts, diced chili peppers, and chopped cilantro. In a separate small bowl, whisk together lemon juice, sugar and salt. Toss salad with dressing and serve immediately.
Carrot salad with eggs and cheese
Ingredients:
2 large carrots,
4 eggs,
100 g cheese,
3-4 cloves of garlic,
salt and ground black pepper to taste,
mayonnaise.
Preparation:
Boil the eggs, cool, peel and cut. Mix grated carrots, eggs, grated cheese and garlic passed through a press. Season the salad with mayonnaise, salt and pepper to taste. Serve chilled.
Carrot and beet salad with honey
Ingredients:
2 large carrots,
3 beets,
1 tablespoon vegetable oil,
1 teaspoon honey.
Preparation:
Boil or bake vegetables until cooked. Peel and grate on a coarse grater. Mix vegetables, vegetable oil and honey in a bowl. Add spices as desired.
Carrot salads are famous for their variety, wonderful taste and high nutritional value, so don’t miss the opportunity to please yourself and your loved ones with such a wonderful dish! Bon appetit!
Carrots are rightfully recognized as one of the most delicious and healthy vegetables. It is good both raw and boiled. Orange root vegetables are used for cooking various dishes, including salads. They will be appropriate at both a festive and an ordinary everyday table.Carrot mixes are especially widely used in children's, medical and dietary nutrition. Carrots go well with vegetables, fruits, berries, nuts, dried fruits, meat, poultry, liver, mushrooms and seafood. That is why the number of salad recipes, the main component of which is this root vegetable, is countless, and every housewife will be able to choose one that will suit the taste of the whole family.
The following vegetables will be ideal allies for fresh carrots in salads: white and red cabbage, green apples, beets, green beans, zucchini, radishes, cucumbers, cranberries, oranges, gooseberries, black currants, legumes and cereals. The use of greens and herbs is encouraged; they will add a piquant touch to vegetable mixes.
Vegetable oils (olive, pumpkin, grape seed oil, flaxseed, sesame, etc.), natural dairy products (kefir, yogurt and sour cream) and lemon are perfect as a dressing. And here store-bought mayonnaise may negatively affect the taste of the future salad. And if a family feast is unthinkable without this harmful product, it’s better to cook it yourself.
This salad has gained immense popularity among the residents of Russia. Typically, housewives do not risk cooking it themselves and purchase it at the nearest supermarket in the Korean snacks section. Without knowing all the intricacies of preparing a spicy dressing at home original version cannot be reproduced. You can turn to ready-made refills for help, which large quantities presented on store shelves. But they are not always successful.
For cooking Korean salad You will need juicy and fresh carrots, a special grater that will allow you to chop the root vegetable into long strips, sugar, salt, ground red pepper, 9% vinegar and vegetable oil. The key point in preparing this salad is correct refueling. But there is nothing supernatural about this. Shredded carrots are first sprinkled with sugar and salt, sprinkled with vinegar, mixed and left for 15 minutes. Then the carrots are peppered and mixed again. Final stage: heat the vegetable oil in a frying pan, season the salad with it and leave overnight.
The above ingredients are the basic components of Korean carrots. Additionally, you can add cilantro, onions, garlic, sesame seeds, asparagus, boiled chicken fillet, green pea, green beans, boiled or fried red fish, shrimp, crab sticks, pickled or fried mushrooms etc. A small nuance: garlic is added to the salad last, after dressing, otherwise it will turn green under the influence of hot oil.
Carrots are one of the versatile vegetables. Based on the root vegetable, you can prepare first and second courses, snacks and, of course, salads. Traditionally, carrots are mixed with garlic and mayonnaise, resulting in a tasty and satisfying dish. But we will also look at other salad recipes that will not require a lot of effort and patience from you. So, let's begin.
In cooking, there are a lot of salads with carrots. You can get creative and create your own dish. The root crop itself is unique. Carrots go well with meat dishes, fish, fruits and vegetables. Prepare your favorite salad with carrots and please your household.
