Unfortunately, the abundance of vegetables does not last long.season (when everything is fresh and everything is just from the garden). Most of the year we are content with either vegetables stored for the winter or greenhouse vegetables. And if cabbage, carrots and beets are traditionally in our honor, then for some reason we ignore other tasty and healthy root vegetables. For example, green radish. Do you know how useful it is? Green radish has choleretic and diuretic properties, stimulates the intestines, prevents the development of atherosclerosis and improves immunity. And how many useful substances it contains! Enzymes, potassium and calcium, organic acids, iron and phosphorus, vitamins C and B (1, 2, 5). Radish juice is also used to treat colds, grated radish is used for rubbing. To be convinced of the beneficial properties of green radish, you need to eat it. But you can’t just chew radish (it’s not an apple). But you can make a delicious salad from green radish. Here are just a few recipes for such salads.
A simple salad recipe from a green radish
This salad is very easy to prepare. We need a minimum set of products for it. Ingredients:
- Radish green
- Vegetable oil
- Table vinegar
- Salt
- Black pepper
Preparation:Wash the root vegetables thoroughly and peel them. Cut the radish into very thin, almost transparent slices, put them in a salad bowl and season with sauce. For the sauce, take vinegar and oil in a ratio of one to three, mix, add salt and pepper to taste and shake well. The simplest green radish salad is ready. Note: Considering that the radish skin is much richer in vitamins than the root vegetable itself, it can be left unpeeled. But in this case, the radish should be washed especially thoroughly.
Salad with green radish and vegetables
The recipe is also quite simple. More suitable, of course, for a summer menu. Ingredients:
- Green radish
- Fresh cucumbers
- Fresh tomatoes
- Greenery
- Salt and pepper
- Vegetable oil
Preparation:Wash and peel the radish and cut it into thin slices, the cucumber into rings, and the tomatoes into wedges. Place all the vegetables in a salad bowl, add finely chopped greens and season with oil, salt, and black pepper.
Salad with radish and kiwi
This green radish salad recipe is perfect for preparing a side dish for meat. Ingredients:
- Green is rare
- Fresh carrots
- Kiwi
- Bulgarian pepper
- Onion
- Green onions
- Fennel greens
- Table vinegar
- Vegetable oil
- Salt
Preparation:Cut the onion into thin half rings and soak in table vinegar. To do this, pour it with vinegar solution and leave to marinate while preparing the rest of the vegetables. Wash, peel and dry all the vegetables. For this salad, grate the green radish and carrot on a coarse grater. Chop the bell pepper into strips. Chop the greens. Remove the already marinated onion from the vinegar and put it in a salad bowl together with the carrots, pepper and radish. Add peeled and cut into strips kiwi. Salt and season with vegetable oil.
Salad with radish and apple
Another recipe in which radish is combined with fruit. This time – with apple. Ingredients:
- Green radish
- Fresh carrots
- Apple (sweet and sour taste)
- Fresh cucumber
- Green onions
- Onion
- Vegetable oil
- Apple vinegar
- Salt and sugar
Preparation: Wash all the vegetables.Peel the radish, apple and carrot. Chop the vegetables and apple into strips. Prepare a dressing of three parts oil and one part vinegar with salt and sugar (to taste). Serve the salad, sprinkled with finely chopped green onions. Note: When choosing vinegar, do not confuse natural apple cider vinegar with flavored table vinegar. The latter is not suitable for salads.
Radish salad with garlic and cheese
This salad recipe should appeal to lovers of spicy snacks. The taste of cheese with garlic has long been appreciated by them. And you can try to refresh this taste with juicy green radish. Ingredients:
- Green radish
- Hard cheese
- Garlic
- Mayonnaise
- Greenery
Preparation:Wash and peel one medium radish. Grate it on a fine grater. Grate one hundred grams of hard cheese on a coarse grater. Chop the garlic (two or three cloves) and mix with half a glass of mayonnaise. Place the grated radish and cheese in a salad bowl and season with mayonnaise. When serving the salad, garnish it with chopped greens.
Salad of green radish with rusk
Ingredients:
- Green radish
- Onion
- Rye bread
- Vegetable oil
- Green onions
- Table vinegar
- Salt
Preparation:Wash and peel one medium or two small radishes. Grate them on a coarse grater and season with vinegar. Cut half a loaf of black bread into small cubes (without the crust) and fry in vegetable oil with salt. Chop the onion, mix it with the radish and croutons. Sprinkle the finished salad with chopped green onions. Note: You can omit the croutons from the salad and place them on the edge of the serving plate when serving the salad.
Salad with radish and meat
One of the most filling salads made from green radish. It has an original taste. Ingredients:
- Green radish
- Boiled beef
- Onion
- Vegetable oil
- Salt
- Mayonnaise
Preparation:Cut two hundred grams of boiled meat into small cubes. Wash, peel and cut the radish into thin slices or sticks. Fry the onion cut into half rings in vegetable oil, cool and let the excess oil drain. Mix all the ingredients, add salt to taste and season the salad with mayonnaise.
Helpful Tips
Despite the undoubtedly beneficial propertiesgreen radish, in some cases it is better not to eat it. Firstly, it is not recommended to make radish salads for dinner, it is better to eat such a salad for breakfast or lunch. Secondly, this root vegetable is contraindicated for people suffering from stomach ulcers, gastritis and kidney and liver diseases. And thirdly, it is also advisable not to include green radish in the children's menu (except for medicinal purposes). In all other cases, there are no restrictions. Cook with pleasure and eat to your health! We recommend reading:
