Sorrel salad is one of the most dietary dishes of Russian cuisine. This dish is especially good if only young leaves are taken. You will be surprised how tender an ordinary salad can be. Oddly enough, for most housewives, a salad with sorrel will be a real discovery. Mostly this herb goes to soups. Children simply chew leaflets from a garden or field. And for something more serious and large-scale fantasy is usually not enough. It is not necessary to eat sorrel salad as an independent dish, because first of all it is a delicious side dish for all types of meat. So, we present you some recipes, according to which you can easily prepare a gentle and nutritious side dish.
Simple Sorrel Salad
For cooking you will need the following ingredients: two hundred grams of fresh sorrel, two full tablespoons of light mayonnaise, a little less tomato paste, a little dill, fragrant feathers of green onions, a pinch of granulated sugar and table salt.
Cooking method
As you probably guess, sorrel salad is very easy to prepare. First, rinse the leaves of young sorrel thoroughly in cold water. Make sure all sand and blades of grass disappear. In order for the greens to dry faster, you can wet the leaves with a paper towel or towel. Then you need to finely chop the sorrel.
Further actions
Dill also needs to be washed and chopped. Repeat the same procedure with feather onions. Mix all prepared greens in one deep bowl. To prepare the right sauce, you need to mix two tablespoons of mayonnaise and tomato paste. This mixture should be pepper and salt to your taste. Some advise adding crushed garlic, but remember that garlic significantly changes the taste of the dish and drowns sorrel. It is necessary to perfectly stir the sauce, otherwise clots of salt and sugar will remain. Season the salad with a spicy mixture. The dish is ready!
Sorrel Salad with Egg
And here is another original recipe. This dish is for those who like more satisfying food. First you need to boil a few
hard boiled eggs. Finely chopped washed green onions. Rinse the leaves of the sorrel and cut into thin, neat strips. Fresh cucumber (well, if you have it directly from the garden) must be cut into cubes. Grind the boiled eggs. In one bowl, mix all the ingredients and season the salad with sunflower or olive oil. Do not forget to salt the dish, otherwise it will turn out to be too bland. Salad is ready to serve!
Tips for novice housewives and a few words about the benefits of sorrel
Do not pull until winter and frost, and then run around the shops in search of sorrel. This is a fairly rare product. Cook in the summer! Sorrel leaves are rich in vitamins that are beneficial to the human body. But only fresh leaves! Sorrel gets along well with vegetable oil. Together they help fight a variety of gum diseases. However, if you do not like to season salads with oil, you can use mayonnaise or mayonnaise sauce. But in this case, the benefit of the dish is reduced. The most suitable option is olive oil. It does not have a pungent smell or an obsessive taste.