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Moroccan Salad — Cooked Spiced Carrot and Tomato Salad

A classic Moroccan salad of carrots and tomatoes cooked with spices — a traditional appetizer at every Moroccan meal

⏱ 40 min🍽 4 servings 🌍 Middle Eastern👩‍🍳 Afoona
⚖ Pareve🥬 Vegetarian🌱 Vegan🌾 Gluten-free

👨‍🍳 Method

  1. 1
    Cook the carrot slices in boiling water with a pinch of salt for 15 minutes, until they are tender but not falling apart.
    ⚙ Cooking in salted waterStovePot
  2. 2
    Drain.
    Colander
  3. 3
    Heat the olive oil in a wide pan over medium heat.
    ⚙ Pan-fryingStoveFrying pan
  4. 4
    Add the garlic and fry 1 minute, until fragrant.
    ⚙ Adding to the hot fat and fryingStove
    💡Add by cooking time: what needs long (onion, carrot, meat) goes in first, and what burns fast (garlic, dry spices) goes in last, only until fragrant.
  5. 5
    Add the cooked carrots and fry 3 minutes.
    ⚙ Adding to the hot fat and fryingStove
  6. 6
    Add the tomatoes, cumin, paprika, hot paprika and turmeric and stir.
  7. 7
    Cook for 15 minutes, stirring, until the tomatoes cook down.
    Stove
  8. 8
    Season with salt and black pepper.
  9. 9
    Drizzle in the lemon juice and stir.
  10. 10
    Let the carrots cool for 20 minutes at room temperature.
  11. 11
    Sprinkle the cilantro and serve.
172calories
3 gprotein
13 gcarbs
11 gfat
● protein 6%● carbs 33%● fat 61%

Per serving (249 g), of 4 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (4) · 🍳 2 cooking vessels

  • 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)
  • Frying pan · Also works: Wok (None) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Pot (High sides, slow evaporation and weak browning)
  • Pot · Also works: Deep skillet (sauté pan) (less liquid, faster evaporation) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Wok (For quick cooking)
  • Colander · Also works: Lid (a lid held slightly open over the sink, you lose a little) · Slotted spoon (for small amounts)

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