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Sweet-and-Sour Cabbage and Carrot Salad in Vinegar
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Sweet-and-Sour Cabbage and Carrot Salad in Vinegar

The cabbage is lightly pickled in a hot vinegar and sugar dressing, so it stays crunchy but loses the bite of raw cabbage. This is the salad served next to schnitzel in workers' restaurants, and it only gets better after a day in the fridge.

⏱ 20 min🍽 6 servings 🌍 Israeli👩‍🍳 Afoona
🧀 Dairy🥬 Vegetarian🌾 Gluten-free

👨‍🍳 Method

  1. 1
    Cut the cabbage into very thin strips.
    KnifeCutting board
  2. 2
    Coarsely grate the vegetables.
    Grater
  3. 3
    In a bowl, mix the cabbage and the vegetables with the salt and knead by hand 2 minutes, until the cabbage softens and releases liquid.
    Bowl
  4. 4
    In a small pot, bring the vinegar, water and sugar to a boil, until the sugar dissolves.
    StoveSmall saucepan
  5. 5
    Remove from the heat and add the olive oil to the brine.
  6. 6
    Pour the hot brine over the cabbage and the vegetables, mix and cover.
  7. 7
    Refrigerate for at least 3 hours, preferably overnight.
    Refrigerator
  8. 8
    Before serving, slice the cucumbers into rounds and place a slice or two on each serving.
    KnifeCutting board
126calories
2 gprotein
12 gcarbs
7 gfat
● protein 6%● carbs 39%● fat 55%

Per serving (192 g), of 6 servings

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🔧 Tools needed (7) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Refrigerator · Also works: Freezer (Chills faster; don't let it freeze) · Ice bath (Ice bath)
  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Small saucepan · Also works: Pot (None) · Frying pan (A deep pan for sauces)
  • Cutting board · Also works: Plate (Large plate, dulls the knife)
  • Knife · Also works: Food processor (Fast, less control over size) · Kitchen shears (For herbs/dough)
  • Bowl · Also works: Pot (None)
  • Grater · Also works: Food processor (Grating disc, more to wash) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Knife (Chop finely, different texture)

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