Roasted Cauliflower Salad
This may be served warm or at room temperature, – chilling does not improve it. …
Dinka's Cookbook
Tried and Tested Recipes
Side Dishes
Creamy Pea and Pasta Salad
Substitute sweetcorn kernels and diced red and green pepper for the peas and carrot to make a change. …
Moroccan Lentil Salad
Do as the Moroccans do and serve this as a starter with a selection of other Moroccan salads made with fresh and cooked vegetables. It is also excellent served as a salad with braaied foods, especially lamb or chicken. …
Pesto Vegetable Coleslaw
The dressing of this salad poured over just broccoli makes a pretty good salad as well. In fact I prefer it, because I’m not a lover of raw cabbage. …
Avocado and Papaya Salad
This is an excellent salad for a braai, and is also good eaten with an Indian curry. …
Asian Coleslaw
This is a very different coleslaw that works well with slightly bland food like fish or chicken, or with S E Asian curries. …
Coleslaw with Tahini Dressing
An unusual coleslaw, and also an excellent sambal for any kind of curry. …
Melon and Mint Salad
This salad is a delicious accompaniment to cold meat such as baked ham, or to braaied meat, especially lamb, but it also makes a wonderfully refreshing starter: scrape out all the remaining flesh from the green-flesh melon, then cut each shell into 3 wedges. Trim the skin slightly so that the wedges will sit flat, then chill until required. Scoop a portion of t …
Layered Salad
There are many variations on this theme of a layered salad, which is not tossed with its dressing, but I’ve found that this one is the most popular. …
Pesto
Fashionable today to serve all kinds of pesto, but this your classic, basic recipe. Play around to suit your taste. …
Golden Rice with Curried Mushrooms
This can be served either as a salad or as a hot accompaniment. Use the larger amount of oil if your dish is destined to be a salad and the lesser amount for a hot extra. …
Simple Rice Salad
This is more a method than an exact recipe, and is best made in summer when herbs are abundant and at their best.
Use any rice of your choice, though I think brown rice has the nicest flavour for this dish. Boil, drain, rinse again and drain thoroughly. Dress with a simple oil and lemon vinaigrette (with or without garlic as you prefer), and lots of chopped herbs of …
Sweet Moroccan Carrot Salad (I)
May be served at room temperature or chilled – I like it best served chilled. It can also be kept overnight in the refrigerator. One of many variations of the Sweet Moroccan Carrot Salad. …
