Blogging Marathon# 62: Week 3/ Day 2
Theme: Cook with Coconut
Dish: Thai Coconut Lime Dressing
This recipe could not be simpler, mix all the ingredients for the dressing, chop all the ingredients for the salad, cook rice and assemble. Original recipe used fish sauce in the dressing and I subbed it with low-sodium tamari (soy sauce would work well too). I'm sure fish sauce is much more flavorful than just soy sauce, so if you can your hands on some vegan or vegetarian fish sauce, by all means use that. This dressing is great for salads or as a dipping sauce for spring rolls or lettuce cups.
The coconut & lime dressing is then poured our a colorful assortment of veggies and black rice. I didn't notice until later that veggies completely covered up my rice in the photos, but if you look real close (I guess) you can see a few grains of black rice. Brown rice would be a great alternate too.
Also original recipe had shredded chicken which I subbed with some store bought baked tofu. But you can bake your own tofu or simply stir fry until light brown, season with soy sauce, salt and pepper. Or use cooked chickpeas or even paneer to add protein to the dish. This salad would be great to serve for lunch or light dinner.
Thai Coconut Lime Dressing
Ingredients
For the Dressing:
- ½ cup Coconut Milk
- 3 tbsps Lime juice
- 1 tbsp Palm sugar brown sugar or light brown
- 2 tbsps Lemongrass Fresh , finely minced
- 1 Green Chili , finely chopped
- 1 clove Garlic , finely minced
- 2 tbsps Cilantro , finely chopped
- 2 ~ 3 tbsps Tamari Low sodium (or low-sodium Soy sauce)
For the Salad:
- 1½ cups Brown Rice Black Rice or
- Tofu As needed Baked
- 1 English Cucumber Small , diced
- 2 Radishes Large , thinly sliced
- ½ cup Red Cabbage , thinly shredded
- 1 Carrot Small , shredded
- 1 cup Snap Peas , cut on bias
- 2 Scallions , thinly sliced
Instructions
- To make the dressing: Whisk together lime juice, tamari (or soy sauce), coconut milk and palm sugar in a small bowl until the sugar is dissolved. Add chili, lemongrass, garlic and cilantro; stir until combined and set aside.
- To Serve: Divide the rice equally between 2 serving bowls. Arrange all the veggies on top of the rice. Drizzle with the dressing and serve right away.
Sapana Behl
Very inviting dressing with coconut milk .The salad looks so vibrant and tasty.Bookmarked to try soon.
Priya Suresh
Thats a super catchy salad, simply fallen in love with this ultimate dressing.
Kalyani
lovely pics there, Pavani !! am sure it tasted great too 🙂
Amara Annapaneni
Very colorful and inviting salad, love the dressing. Bookmarked:)
rekhas kitchen
Flavor full dressing and love that beautiful vegetable colors in the bowl so beautiful.
Annu Swamy
Lovely dressing. colourful clicks. I'm bookmarking.
Harini-Jaya Rupanagudi
That is a wonderful plate of the salad, Pavani. The dressing sounds very flavorful.
Gayathri's Cook Spot
Very colourful looking salad. And the coconut milk in the dressing is a nice addition..
Global Tastes & Travels Inc.
that is my kind of dressing - I did a similar one this week for the same theme
Global Tastes & Travels Inc.
that is my kind of dressing - I did a similar one this week for the same theme
nancyrobert2011
Salads can be really tasty. All that lettuce topped with your favorite dressing and sprinkled with other toppings is enough to make your mouth water.vegetable salad decoration ideas