How To Prepare Nigerian Vegetable Salad

Dear Friends:

Today I'll be sharing with you our lovely delicacy the Nigerian vegetable salad which is number one on the list of Nigerian healthy foods.

FIRST OF ALL
IMPORTANT OF VEGETABLE SALAD

Vegetable salads will detoxify your body, improve your digestive capability, make you feel lighter and even make you think smarter.
I have noticed that vegetables, when eaten in large quantity sought of awaken my neural pathway.
I am talking about raw vegetables and also some less sugary fruits, like cucumbers and water melon.

                        INGREDIENTS

Medium size cabbage

4 medium size carrot

lettuce leaves

2 cups of chopped green beans

half cup peas (optional)

3 cooked eggs

one can of baked beans

2 big size of cucumber

salad cream (heinz, BAMA mayonnaise)

                         PREPARATION

Chop the carrot /green beans/cucumber and set aside in different bowls, I like to peel off the green back of cucumbers and also remove the center seeds, you will learn how this is done by watching how I made salad via the video below.

Slice the cabbage too in a different tray (we use tray often in our home), slice the lettuce leaves, boil the eggs and remove the shell (2-3 eggs).

You then need to soften the cabbage, green beans, carrot and peas, most of the times we boil carrot, green beans and peas together and soak the cabbage in hot water for a minute.

Here is how it is done, add the carrot, green beans and peas to boiling (small) water, and allow to simmer on low heat for 3-4 minutes (this is to soften them a little, this practice is elaborated in the video below) heat water to 100 degree celcious (boiling point) and pour into the sliced cabbage in a bowl, allow for a minute then drain.

Also drain the carrot/green beans, peas and set aside in a bowl, now you are ready for the mixing part.
Most people choose to mix salad in a large plate/bowl or a tray.

                   The mixing is simple:

Sprinkle a handful of cabbage on the tray, and then sprinkle the carrot/green beans/peas, also the lettuce leaves and keep repeating the process until they are all in one place.

Then slice the egg and drop on the top of the salad. (the egg is mostly for decoration)

The final mixing is done as people dish out the salad; you add the salad cream and baked beans. It is good for these two to be separate to avoid getting soured over a long period of time.

Nigerian vegetable salad is served best with either fried rice or jollof rice; it is also very delicious when served alone.

Uh mm, yummy!