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Coal-roasted baby cabbage

15 minutes

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45 minutes

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10 minutes

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10 minutes

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Noodle salad

5 minutes

Noodle salad

Serves 4

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 20 minutes

Cooking Time 5 minutes

Ingredients

300 g vermicelli noodles, cooked and cooled
350 g fruit of your choice (melon, pineapple, watermelon or mango)
15 g fresh mint
10 g fresh basil
4 spring onions, chopped
2 baby red onions, thinly sliced
Woolworths baby gem lettuce, for serving
pickled ginger, for serving
sesame seeds, toasted, for serving

For the dressing, mix:

¼ cups rice wine vinegar cup
fish sauce a few drops
1 T caster sugar
1 garlic clove, chopped
1 chilli, chopped

Method

Arrange the salad ingredients in sections on a large platter. Allow guests to assemble their own salads and pour over the dressing. Top with pink pickled ginger, herbs and toasted sesame seeds.

Find more salad recipes here.

Photograph: Andrea van der Spuy
Food Assistants: Kate Ferreira & Emma Nkunzana

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