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Spicy Moroccan Pickled Carrots

A spicy Moroccan carrot salad with cumin, paprika and vinegar - a traditional dish of the Sabbath table

⏱ 25 min🍽 4 servings 🌍 Middle Eastern👩‍🍳 Afoona🧩 2 parts
🧀 Dairy🥬 Vegetarian🌾 Gluten-free

👨‍🍳 Method

For the Salad Dressing

  1. 1
    Peel the carrots and slice them into rounds.
    PeelerKnifeCutting board
  2. 2
    In a small bowl, whisk the oil, vinegar, sugar, garlic, cumin, paprika, hot paprika, turmeric and salt until smooth.
    Bowl

To assemble

  1. 3
    Cook the carrot slices in boiling water with a pinch of salt for about 10 minutes, until they soften slightly but are still crisp.
    ⚙ Cooking in salted waterStovePot
  2. 4
    Drain.
    Colander
  3. 5
    Pour the dressing over the warm carrots and mix well.
    Bowl
    💡Warm carrots soak up the dressing better than cold ones: pour the dressing over right after draining.
  4. 6
    Let the carrots cool for 20 minutes at room temperature.
  5. 7
    Put in the fridge for at least 2 hours before serving, so the carrots soak up the dressing.
    Refrigerator
  6. 8
    Sprinkle the cilantro and serve.
118calories
1 gprotein
10 gcarbs
7 gfat
● protein 5%● carbs 35%● fat 60%

Per serving (122 g), of 4 servings

For the Salad Dressing · To assemble ·

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (8) · 🍳 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)
  • Pot · Also works: Deep skillet (sauté pan) (less liquid, faster evaporation) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Wok (For quick cooking)
  • 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)
  • Colander · Also works: Lid (a lid held slightly open over the sink, you lose a little) · Slotted spoon (for small amounts)
  • Peeler · Also works: Paring knife (Wastes more of the fruit, slow)

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🧩 Built from…

Dressing → Cooked Carrot Salad (Moroccan)

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