Indian Carrot Salad Jamie Oliver Food

INDIAN CARROT SALAD - JAMIE OLIVER

Steps:

• Shred carrots very thinly using a speed peeler.
• Brown lamb in a hot non-stick skillet until quite crispy. Drain off most of the fat. Add garam masala and salt and toss well.
• Combine shallots, lemon juice, ginger, salt in a large bowl. Toast cumin seeds in a hot, dry skillet. Grind with a mortar and pestle or spice grinder. Add to dressing. Add olive oil and pour dressing over carrots. Add coriander and mint and toss well. Serve on top of hot lamb and sprinkle with sesame seeds.

INDIAN CARROT SALAD

Steps:

• This is a beautiful fresh Indian-style salad with a zingy crispness that goes wonderfully with spicy lamb. The dressed carrots can be served on their own with some added apple or celery for extra sweetness and crunch.
• Heat a large frying pan and fry your ground lamb until all the fat comes out of it. Add the garam masala and a good pinch of salt and give it a stir. Keep frying until the meat is lovely and crispy. Shave the carrots into long thin strips with a peeler or a mandoline slicer and set them aside.
• Heat a small frying pan over a moderate heat and toast the cumin seeds for 30 seconds - they will start to smell nutty and gorgeous. You're not trying to cook the seeds here, you're just waking their flavors up a bit. Put them into a pestle and mortar and grind them up. Put the pan back on the heat and toast the sesame seeds until golden. Transfer them to a plate.
• Slice your peeled shallots or onion wafer thin. As with all salads that contain onion, you don't want to be coming across great big chunks! If you don't feel confident about your knife skills, use the coarse side of a box grater instead. This will almost mush your onions to a puree, but at least you won't come across any big bits.
• To make your dressing, put the lemon zest and juice into a bowl and add the shallots or onion, grated ginger, ground cumin and a pinch of salt. Whisk everything together with about 5 tablespoons of extra- virgin olive oil. Pour the dressing over the carrots, add the cilantro and mint leaves, and mix it all together using your fingers. It's important that you have a little taste to check whether the dressing needs more lemon juice, oil or seasoning.
• Divide the crispy lamb between 4 plates and put the dressed salad on top. Sprinkle with the toasted sesame seeds. Served with naan bread, some yogurt and lemon halves, this makes a great snack!
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