Before any recipe details, a couple of notes on this salad. This spicy carrot salad is well-known as “Korean salad” in Russia and is often served on special occasions.
Recipe Features
fresh salad made with simple all-year-available ingredients
perfect for making ahead and serving later
easy and extra flavorful, packed with veggies
Ingredients-What You Need
Carrots. Large-sized are easier to peel this way. Coriander. Ground, or seeds. The key ingredient! Garlic. Freshly minced. You will need three cloves. Onion. Choose mild-tasting onion, like sweet Vidalia. Optional. Cayenne pepper.
How to Make Carrot Salad with Coriander
Step 1. Peel the carrots into long strands—place them in the large bowl.
Step 2. Heat skillet on medium-high heat. Add oil, add onions. Cook till caramelized and slightly brown, approx 4-6 minutes. Turn the cooktop off, add garlic, spices, vinegar, sugar, stir.
Step 3. Add hot oil with onions and spice to the bowl with carrots. Mix to combine and ensure all carrots are coated in spices.
Step 4. Transfer to an airtight glass container or mason jar. Refrigerate for a minimum of 2 hours or till the next day.
Tips For Success
This recipe requires carrots to be sliced a particular way, into long strands. To achieve this, use a mandoline, julienne peeler, or Korean carrot grater. Using a knife and cutting carrots into a skinny matchstick shape will work but could be too time-consuming. The food processor or box grater won’t work, unfortunately.
I recommend using a neutral oil that is high-heat stable, like avocado oil.
Tips on the vinegar. I used apple cider vinegar since it’s a staple ingredient in my kitchen. Feel free to use white vinegar.
Since it’s not always easy to find coriander seeds, I used ground coriander. If you have access to whole coriander seeds, feel free to use them. You will need to crush them and reduce the amount in half.
Dice onions small, this way they will caramelize easier and won’t overpower this salad.
If you like your food hot and spicy, feel free to add a dash of cayenne pepper.
This salad tastes the best after marinating in the fridge at least for 2 hours, and tastes even better if you can wait till the next day.
Store in the air-tight glass container or mason jar.
Prep carrots. Peel the carrots into long strands—place them in the large bowl.
Prep onion. Heat skillet on medium-high heat. Add oil, add onions. Cook till caramelized and slightly brown, approx 4-6 minutes. Turn the cooktop off, add garlic, spices, vinegar, sugar, stir.
Combine Ingredients. Add hot oil with onions and spice to the bowl with carrots. Mix to combine and ensure all carrots are coated in spices.
Store. Transfer to an airtight glass container or mason jar. Refrigerate for a minimum of 2 hours or till the next day.
Notes
This recipe requires carrots to be sliced a particular way, into long strands. To achieve this, use a mandoline, julienne peeler, or Korean carrot grater. Using a knife and cutting carrots into a skinny matchstick shape will work but could be too time-consuming. The food processor or box grater won’t work, unfortunately.I recommend using a neutral oil that is high-heat stable, like avocado oil.Tips on the vinegar. I used apple cider vinegar since it’s a staple ingredient in my kitchen. Feel free to use white vinegar.Since it’s not always easy to find coriander seeds, I used ground coriander. If you have access to whole coriander seeds, feel free to use them. You will need to crush them and reduce the amount in half.Dice onions small, this way they will caramelize easier and won’t overpower this salad.If you like your food hot and spicy, feel free to add a dash of cayenne pepper.This salad tastes the best after marinating in the fridge at least for 2 hours and tastes even better if you can wait till the next day.Store in the air-tight glass container or mason jar in the fridge.
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