Red Cabbage Salad Recipe

Preparation time: 45 minutes

Total cooking time: 3 minutes

Recipe serves 4-6

Ingredients

1 medium onion, finely sliced

1 teaspoon salt

2 tablespoons dried shrimp

¼ cup hot water

1 tablespoon oil

6 cloves garlic, sliced

2 cups finely shredded red cabbage

2 cups finely shredded Chinese cabbage or curly white cabbage

¼ cup roasted unsalted peanuts, chopped

Dressing

2 teaspoons soft brown sugar

2 tablespoons lime juice

½ teaspoon cracked black peppercorns

2 tablespoons chopped fresh coriander leaves and stems

3 cloves garlic, crushed

1 tablespoon fish sauce

Method

• Combine both sliced onion and salt together. After 30 minutes, rinse with water and drain. Put the dried shrimps in a bowl, cover with the hot water, soak it for approximately 15 minutes. Drain the excess water and chop the dried shrimps finely.

• Heat the oil. Add in garlic and fry until fragrant and browned.  Drain the fried garlic on paper towels to absorb excess oil.

• Dressing method: Mix in the lime juice, sugar, fish sauce, peppercorns, coriander, crushed and garlic together. Place the mix into a blender and blend until smooth.

• Mix together onion, shrimp, half of the fried garlic and shredded cabbages together in a bowl. Next mix well together with the prepared dressing. Sprinkle the fried garlic and chopped peanuts on top. You can garnish the salad with a sprig of fresh coriander.