Recipe Cuisine: Chinese
Theme: Meat-Free Marvels
Prosperity Horse Salad with Soy Dressing
By: Effie Mandas
Ingredients
- Salad base :
- 2 cups shredded green cabbage
- 2 cups shredded carrots
- 1 cup shredded purple cabbage
- 2 Lebanese cucumbers (sliced into strips)
- 1 bunch spring onions
- 2 bunches of chives
- Face decorations
- Radish slices (eyes)
- Peas for pupils
- Black olives: nostrils mouth detail
- Extra: cucumber strips nose bridge.
- Purple cabbage wedges for ears and mane.
- Soy prosperity dressing:
- 3 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbspsesame oil
- 1 tbsp lime juice
- 1 tsp honey
- 1 tsp finely grated ginger
- 2 bunches of chives
Product used in recipe
- LEE KUM KEE - SALT REDUCED SOY SAUCE
- LEE KUM KEE - SALT REDUCED SOY SAUCE
Method
- To create horse face , on a large platter, decorate shredded cabbage into an oval for the face.
- Add carrots around the sides for cheeks and shape.
- Use cucumber strips down the centre to form the nose bridge
- Arrange olives for nostrils and radish slices plus peas for eyes.
- Layer purple cabbage and carrot shreds across the top and sides as the mane.
- Place cucumber strips , spring onions and chives flowing outward for a dramatic look.
- Whisk together soy sauce, sesame oil, vinegar, honey, and ginger until balance. Just before eating, drizzle dressing over the salad. Toss lightly at the table (this symbolises mixing luck and abundance for the year ahead , savoury, tangy, and slightly sweet.)
