Everyone loves a delicious meal. However, despite the abundance and wide range of products, many dishes become boring over time and, in the end, seem tasteless. People strive to cook some unprecedented and previously not tested delicacies, forgetting about the old, original Russian recipes that our ancestors used in antiquity. And this is a big mistake. Because then the recipes were thought out very carefully. Due to this, both benefit and taste were combined in them, and the appearance of the dish was also very attractive.
For this reason, in this article we will consider a rather ordinary and incredibly simple cabbage salad with carrots. Perhaps it will seem strange to someone that we devoted an entire article to such an insignificant and monotonous dish at first glance. And besides considerable. But, having read it to the end, you will understand that this salad is undeservedly forgotten. Both the original recipe and many improved ones amaze with their lightness and taste. However, we will not waste empty speeches, it is better to back them up with facts. And also - original recipes and step-by-step description of the cooking technology.
What is remarkable salad?
The first version of the dish with which we would like to begin our story was prepared by our great-grandfathers more than a century ago. In those days, all the necessary products were grown in your own garden and did not know about shops, GMOs, as well as various poisonous additives that accelerate the growth and ripening of vegetables, berries and fruits. Then a regular cabbage salad with carrots was considered a fairly cheap dish, so they were exclusively common people. Although rich gentlemen also ate it sometimes. Because, thanks to its special composition, it had a beneficial effect on the body: it was saturated with vitamins, strengthening the immune system and protecting against viruses, cleansed of toxins and toxins, giving beauty and promoting healthy weight loss. That is why modern people are also useful at least occasionally to eat this salad. But in order for it not to lose its useful properties, it should be prepared according to the technology that came to us from the depths of centuries. And further we suggest to consider it in detail.
Without changing traditions
It is not difficult to guess what components should be put in the salad from its name. But how much is the question. And then we will answer it.
Ingredients:
- fresh cabbage - half a kilogram;
- carrots (preferably with a blunt nose) - if the fruit is large, you need one thing, a small size - two;
- salt to taste;
- sunflower oil - three tablespoons.
How to cook:
- Having purchased the necessary components in the specified quantity in the store or taken out of the refrigerator, you can begin to study the recipe for cabbage salad with carrots.
- So, for starters, we need to rinse the cabbage and carrots under the tap.
- Then put the first vegetable on a cutting board and chop as finely as possible.
- Then pour into a bowl of a suitable size. In it we will serve a ready-made salad on the table.
- Now add the desired amount of salt to the cabbage. And with our hands we grate the vegetable in a bowl. These manipulations are necessary so that the cabbage releases the juice and becomes a little softer, and the salad is juicier and tastier.
- Next, proceed to the preparation of carrots. It should be cleaned (with a knife or a special device for peeling vegetables) and grated on a coarse grater. Pour into a bowl of cabbage.
- And finally, add the sunflower oil to the salad and mix everything thoroughly.
- We give the almost ready-made cabbage salad with carrots to infuse for five to ten minutes.
- Then it can be served to the table. As an independent dish or as an addition to the side dish, it will appeal to both guests and households.
Whip up option
Very often, housewives are faced with the need to set the table as quickly as possible and certainly delicious. But, as luck would have it, the products in the refrigerator are the most ordinary, and those that are unusual take too long to cook. And what to do?
In fact, everything is simple! You just need to turn on your imagination and beat the situation by serving rustic-style dishes on the table. When properly executed, they will produce no less effect than expensive and very complex.
What is required:
- cabbage - half a kilogram;
- carrots - 1-2 pieces;
- green onions - a bunch;
- salt to taste;
- apple cider vinegar - 1 tablespoon;
- sunflower oil - two tablespoons.
When you need to urgently please sudden guests or household members who have come from work, you should use a quick recipe for a salad of fresh cabbage and carrots. Its main secret lies in the following actions:
- The first step is to wash and chop the cabbage. By the way, some tricky housewives keep the vegetable ready to be added to the salad in the refrigerator. If it is not salted and, cut, put in a regular plastic bag, it can lie for about a week without spoiling and without losing useful properties.
- Next, proceed to the most interesting. Pour the cabbage into a bag or just get ready. Pour salt into it and pour vinegar.
- After that we knit and shake vigorously several times so that the fill is distributed as evenly as possible. And put the package aside - the cabbage should be soaked.
- At this time, wash, peel and three carrots on a coarse grater. Pour it into a prepared bowl.
- Then finely chop the thoroughly washed green onions and send it after the orange vegetable.
- Now pour the cabbage that has been infused and filled with dressing.
- Add the sunflower oil and mix into a single mass.
- We serve fresh cabbage and carrot salad with vinegar and potato garnish prepared according to this recipe. According to housewives, it is best to use young potatoes garnished with finely chopped dill.
Dish of young vegetables
Incredibly tasty and tender, the finished dish will turn out if you use young vegetables for its preparation. Best of all, of course, are those that are removed from the garden in their own area. But for lack of such an opportunity, you can take purchased seasonal products.
Ingredients:
- young cabbage - one forks;
- fresh carrot - a couple of pieces;
- carrot tops - a bunch (optional);
- salt to taste;
- thyme - a pinch;
- sunflower oil - three tablespoons.
Perhaps someone might be scared by a similar set of products. This is especially true for thyme and carrot tops. But those who still decide to cook the dish described in the current paragraph, will truly appreciate the easy-to-follow recipe for a delicious cabbage salad with carrots.
How to cook:
- The first step is to rid the cabbage from the upper leaves, slightly wash it and chop it finely enough.
- Next, the prepared vegetable must be poured into a salad bowl and sprinkled with salt a little.
- Shuffle, but never grind! Because young cabbage is already quite soft, you do not need to completely turn it into porridge.
- Now proceed to the carrots. It also needs to be washed with tap water, cleaned and grated. Only this time on the one that is smaller than in the previous recipes.
- Then pour the orange vegetable to the cabbage. And get down to carrot tops.
- We also rinse it first, and then finely chop it. We send to other components.
- Then we fill the salad with sunflower oil and thyme.
- Mix thoroughly and serve.
For lovers sharper
Many people are very fond of various Korean salads. However, it is much more useful to cook a delicious cabbage salad with carrots yourself. There are a huge number of "spicy" recipes for this dish. And at this point we explore the most original and easiest to perform.
What is required:
- cabbage - half a kilogram;
- carrots - 1-2 pieces;
- red hot pepper - one pod;
- ground paprika - one teaspoon;
- soy sauce - two tablespoons;
- sunflower oil (preferably with a smell) - one tablespoon.
How to cook:
- The most important thing that should definitely be noted - in this recipe, you need to cut the cabbage not in strips, but in medium-sized triangles. It is very easy to do. You just need to divide the cabbage into two halves, cut out the stump, and then cut each part into several “slices”.
- To prepare carrots, you should also not use a grater. Because for this - the best recipe for cabbage salad with carrots - we need a straw from this vegetable.
- So, when the carrots and cabbage are chopped, sent to a bowl and mixed, you can proceed to the preparation of the dressing. For her we need to chop the peppers with rings.
- Pour the sunflower oil into the pan and heat it well.
- Then pour pepper and lightly fry over high heat.
- After that, the pan should be removed from the heat and cool for five minutes.
- Add paprika to pepper and pour soy sauce.
- Stir and reheat on the stove.
- Pour over the salad dressing and mix it thoroughly.
- Cool and insist the night in the refrigerator. And in the morning you can take a sample!
Salad for losing weight
At the very beginning of the article, we already talked about the benefits of the studied salad and indicated that it contributes to weight loss, and many women indicate in their reviews that they use cabbage salad in the diet menu. However, for this, it must be prepared according to a special recipe. We will definitely consider it in this paragraph.
Ingredients:
- cabbage - half a kilogram;
- carrots - one thing;
- a green apple (for example, Granny Smith) - one joke;
- apple cider vinegar - two tablespoons;
- sugar - one teaspoon;
- salt to taste.
How to cook:
- Vitamin salad with cabbage, carrots and apples can be easily done at home. For it, all components must be thoroughly washed.
- Then chop the cabbage into strips. And grind with salt.
- And grate carrots and apples on a coarse grater.
- Then combine all the ingredients together.
- Season with vinegar.
- And lightly season with sugar.
- Stir everything and insist for ten minutes.
By the way, the above described salad of young cabbage with carrots and apples turns out to be very tasty (young mothers advise children to cook it). For a change, parsley or celery is sometimes added to it. If there is a desire. And you can eat the dish in almost unlimited quantities. Because all calorie ingredients are extremely low. Yes, and the salad itself perfectly cleanses the body, eliminating toxins, toxins and helps to fight extra pounds, which is often written in reviews by those who are struggling with excess weight.
Appetizer
Every Russian knows that the indispensable attributes of a good holiday table are a herring with a onion, pickles and coleslaw. And the dish with the use of fresh vegetable or pickled goes perfectly under strong drinks. Therefore, further we will consider one interesting recipe.
To execute it, you will need:
- cabbage - a kilogram;
- carrots - a couple of pieces;
- onions - one head;
- vegetable oil - six tablespoons;
- fresh dill - a bunch.
The technology for preparing this cabbage salad with carrots and onions is also very light. And then our reader will be convinced of this:
- To begin with, you should wash all vegetables, then chop cabbage and carrots with straws.
- Send to a salad bowl or bowl of a suitable size.
- Then you need to finely chop onions and pour it to the rest of the components.
- Well, in the end, there was only dill. It also needs to be cut and sent to the salad bowl.
- Mix all the ingredients thoroughly, then pour oil on them. And mix again.
Original cabbage salad
The next delicious salad of fresh cabbage and carrots is important to cook necessarily from a young head of cabbage. Because only then it will turn out tender, as if melting in the mouth, and tasty.
What is required:
- white cabbage - half a kilogram;
- Chinese cabbage (top leaves) - three hundred grams;
- carrots - one thing;
- crab sticks;
- cucumber (fresh or pickled - optional) - two or three pieces;
- vegetable oil - four tablespoons.
If our reader was looking for juicy recipes for cabbage salads with carrots, he will certainly like this option. Next, we will describe in detail the cooking technology:
- So, the most important thing to do at the very beginning is to wash all the vegetables.
- Then chop both types of cabbage with straws and pour them into a salad bowl.
- Then you need to grate the carrots on a fine grater. The taste qualities of this vegetable practically do not play a role, because it is required exclusively for the beauty of the finished dish.
- Now comes the turn of cucumbers. Chopping them in small cubes, we send to the rest of the ingredients.
- At the very end we add crab shelves. They should be cut lengthwise into halves, and then chopped into cubes. Pour into salad.
- Salt does not need to be added to our dish if pickles are used. If fresh, then a couple of pinches will still not hurt.
- After mixing the salad, it can immediately be served to the table.
Vitamin Salad
Next, we would like to offer our readers the following step-by-step recipe for fresh cabbage and carrot salad. This dish is very simple to make, but it is really eaten in one sitting.
For cooking, you will need components such as:
- cabbage - half a kilogram;
- carrots - one thing;
- multi-colored bell pepper - a few pieces;
- onions - one head;
- salt to taste;
- smelling sunflower oil - five tablespoons.
Technology:
- First, we, as well as always, need to thoroughly wash all prepared vegetables. Then clean some of them. And only then proceed to cooking, which in fact does not take much time.
- All components, except onions, should be cut into strips and pour into a prepared bowl of a suitable size.
- Puddle should be chopped into small cubes and added to the rest of the ingredients.
- Then add oil to them and add a little salt. Mix.
As a result, we will be able to try the truly most delicious vegetable cabbage salad - a salad of cabbage, pepper, carrots and onions, which has a shorter name - "Vitamin". In the comments, housewives often write that this salad lives up to its name.
Vegetarian Salad
In general, all the salads described above can be eaten by people who do not eat meat. However, this salad saturates the body much better, which is why a person does not feel hunger much longer.
What is required:
- cabbage - half a kilogram;
- carrots - one thing;
- tomato - one piece;
- fresh cucumber - a couple of pieces;
- green onions - a bunch;
- sunflower oil - five tablespoons;
- salt to taste;
- apple cider vinegar - two tablespoons;
- sugar - one tablespoon.
The technology for preparing this cabbage salad with carrots, vinegar and sugar practically does not differ from those described above. And then you can see this:
- After washing and cleaning the vegetables, put them on a towel to dry. And chop the cabbage first.
- Then put it in a prepared bowl and grind with salt.
- Then cut the tomatoes and cucumbers into cubes and send to the previous vegetable.
- Grate the carrots on a coarse grater, finely chop the onion.
- At the very end of cooking, the salad should be seasoned with vinegar, oil and a pinch of sugar.
- To stir thoroughly.
- Serve after ten to fifteen minutes.
Gourmet salad
Well, the last dish, which is prepared very quickly and tasty, is a salad of fresh cabbage and carrots. For it is necessary to prepare the following ingredients:
- cabbage - half a kilogram;
- carrots - one thing;
- smoked sausage - 200 grams;
- a bunch of fresh cilantro or parsley - optional;
- garlic - two to three cloves;
- salt to taste;
- mayonnaise - for dressing.
Such an original salad consists of a minimum amount of fairly inexpensive and affordable products for everyone and, judging by the reviews, men like it. It will take quite a bit of time to cook it. Having prepared the above components, we proceed to the preparation of a gourmet salad:
- To start, wash my cabbage and finely chop. Then we send it to a bowl of a suitable size and grind with salt.
- Next, peel the garlic from the husks, chop and add to the cabbage.
- We carry out similar procedures with carrots.
- Then we take the selected greens, we also carefully wash it under the tap and finely chop. Pour into a salad.
- Finally comes the sausage. It should be peeled, cut into circles, and then - into cubes, sent to the rest of the ingredients.
- The next stage of preparation is dressing with mayonnaise and mixing the cabbage and carrot salad prepared according to the recipe described above. Reviews about the salad are extremely positive. And this is very easy to see, you just have to try!