Radish salad with radish leaves
Hurry up to make this sensational radish salad! It's super easy, quick, and deliciously good. Even for those who don't appreciate radishes, this radish salad with radish leaves is a win! The tahini sauce is amazing!
Servings: 2 people
Calories:
Cost: 7$
Equipment
- kitchen knife
- blender or immersion blender with a jar
- Salad spinner
- small jar with a lid
Ingredients
Tahini Sauce
- 100g 1 cup silken tofu
- 3 tablespoons tahini
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar (choose a non pasteurized)
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons nutritional yeast
- a pinch of salt
- some black pepper
- 2-3 tablespoons Chickpea drained water (optional)
Radish Salad with Radish Leaves
- 10 fresh radishes with their leaves. (make sure that the leaves are bright green and vibrant
- 1 cup drained chickpeas. (store-bought should only have; chickpeas, water, and salt) You can also use home-cooked chickpeas.
- 2 tablespoons pickled onions
- 1 clove of garlic
- a small piece of ginger root
- fresh thyme and parsley
Instructions
Tahini Sauce
- Put all the ingredients for the sauce (apart from chickpea water) in a blender and blend at low-medium speed. You can also use an immersion blender with a blending jar.
- Depending on the consistency, you can decide to add a little amount of chickpea water to dilute the sauce.
- Let the blender run for a minute or two. The sauce should be smooth and creamy, but not runny (liquid)
- Transfer the sauce into a small jar or container with a lid. Keep the sauce in your fridge. This tahini sauce can go up to 5 days.
Radish Salad With Radish Leaves
- Clean the radishes and pay particular attention to the leaves if they have some soil on them.
- Separate the leaves from their roots. Cut off the stems.
- Use a salad spinner to dry out extra water on the radish leaves.
- Slice the radishes using a vegetable peeler
- Use a grater to grate both ginger and garlic
- Pick thyme leaves and chop parsley
- Put the radish leaves in a salad bowl, and add radishes, chickpeas, and pickled onions.Learn how to prepare non-sugared pickled onions
- Add the fresh herbs and the tahini sauce
- Mix well and serve. This salad is perfect on its own but you can serve it with some bread or grains like rice, quinoa, etc.
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Notes
- Radish leaves are quite fragile once they are mixed with liquids. Serve this radish salad immediately.
- If making it in advance, I recommend leaving the leaves out and you only add them when you're about to serve the salad. This way the leaves will be vibrant.