Thursday, January 5, 2012

Purple Coleslaw



I like purple vegetable because of its colour and its health benefit.  We all suppose to eat a variety of fruit and vegetables with different colours everyday.  I am comfortable with some green, orange, red and yellow food such as Chinese vegetables, broccoli, green salad, carrot, pumpkin, sweet potato, corn, tomato and capsicum that we have all the time.  For the purple vegetable, I like to juice with purple carrot and beetroot, there are many ways to cook with eggplant and I work out the best way for purple cabbage is to make into coleslaw.  It really doesn't taste too much different than the other cabbage but it gives you a brighter colour of a dish!

Have you got any idea how to cook the purple or green cauliflower?
  
Purple Coleslaw


1/2 head of a small purple cabbage
1-2 apples
1 carrot
1/2 onion
low-fat mayonnaise
2 tablespoons or more Japanese mayonnaise

Method:

  1. Shred the cabbage and soak it into some ice cold water to enhance crispiness.  Drain.
  2. Cut apple and carrot into fine strips and cut onion into fine small pieces.
  3. Mix all the cabbage, apple, carrot and onion in a large bowl, the add the low-fat mayonnaise and Japanese mayonnaise.  Toss through.  Add a bit more Japanese mayonnaise to enrich the creamy taste if needed. (I try to make it a low-fat salad, you can use normal mayonnaise if you wish.  Japanese mayonnaise is not low-fat so I only use a little)




12 comments:

  1. I love purple coleslaw...I would have to use a vinger based dressing on it for my diet!

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  2. They look delicious..a must to try..Bookmarked

    Aarthi
    http://yummytummy-aarthi.blogspot.com/

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  3. Looks yummy and simple! How easy is that? ;-) I'll be trying this one for sure.

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  4. Yumm and healthy Coleslaw Dear.Nice variation

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  5. What a pretty little coleslaw! I wish I had the availability of more purple vegetables around here =)

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  6. This looks so refreshing and delicious. Perfect with a good burger or some grilled chicken

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  7. I like the additional crunch from the apples in this salad. My son like eating apple and hope that he will like this salad. Thanks for sharing this idea.

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  8. This slaw looks simple but delicious! I've never had or seen a Japanese mayo before. I'm wondering if that is also available in a jar like a regular mayo.

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  9. @Wok with Ray, Japanese mayo comes in a plastic bottle that is available at the Asian section in the Australian market or you should be able to find it at Asian supermarket. They are similar to whole egg mayo.

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  10. i love coleslaw salate............looks amazing!

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  11. I love coleslaw, be it the white or purple cabbage, everything goes! Nice color and definitely a great way to eat vegetables!

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