After Manipur, let us travel to Meghalaya. Megha means “cloud”, aalayam means “place”, that is how the name Meghalaya should have been derived. Like the other North Eastern states, Meghalaya is also largely forested and Tribal people make up most of the population. And like the other North Eastern states, I had a tough time searching for a vegetarian recipe of the state as non-vegetarian was quite predominant. It was a breather when I found this simple salad on Sify from here. From Wiki – “The name means "the abode of clouds" in Sanskrit. The capital is Shillong, known as the "Scotland of the East". Meghalayan cuisine is unique and different from other northeastern Indian states.[83] Spiced meat is common, from goats, pigs, fowl, ducks, and cows. In the Khasi and Jaintia Hills districts, common foods include jadoh, ki kpu, tung-rymbai, and pickled bamboo shoots. Other common foods in Meghalaya include minil songa (steamed sticky rice), sakkin gata, and momo dumplings. Like other tribes in the northeast, the Garos ferment rice beer, which they consume in religious rites and secular celebrations”. After doing so many elaborate dishes for this BM, I wanted to do a simple one which is also easy and light on the stomach.. So I chose this delicious spicy salad which was very light and quite easy to make.. No cooking required and makes a great side. Have it with bread or soup for a light meal.
Ingredients
Cabbage - 1 cup
Carrots - 1/2 cup
Soy Sauce - 1 tea spoon
Rice vinegar - 1/4 tea spoon
Sesame Oil - 1 tea spoon
Toasted Sesame Seeds - to sprinkle
Red chili flakes / Black pepper powder - 1/4 tea spoon
Method
Mix together the rice vinegar, soy sauce and the sesame oil well
Add the chili flakes to the above
Mix together cabbage and carrots well
Drizzle the liquid ingredients over the vegetables and toss gently until well mixed
Transfer to a serving and sprinkle some toasted sesame seeds
Serve!!
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That's really a very nice take...:)..didn't realize they had this as well..
ReplyDeleteLooks very crunchy with mildly spicy and prefectly flavoured with vinegar,sesame oil. Loving it to the core.
ReplyDeleteI don't blame you for picking a simple recipe after all those elaborate recipes. I could not mind this simple slaw any time and easy on the stomach
ReplyDeleteHealthy and colourful salad..like the crunch of sesame.
ReplyDeletelooks awesome, this is beautiful looking salad
ReplyDeleteDistinct recipe ..
ReplyDeleteThat is a nice looking salad. Addition of sesame seeds and oil is interesting.
ReplyDeleteTempting salad. I love how the sesame seeds are peeking !
ReplyDeletethat's one tasty salad i wouldn't mind eating
ReplyDeleteColourful looking slaw. Very healthy...
ReplyDeleteSimple and delicious salad.
ReplyDeleteyou can definitely see chinese influence with this recipe
ReplyDeleteHealthy and colorful looking salad..
ReplyDeleteThat's really a healthy salad!
ReplyDeleteI just love any slaw and this Indianized slawa is tempting me :) very colorful and love the til topping !!
ReplyDeleteWow looks amazingly delicious
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