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Apple, Carrot, and Cabbage Salad: What Order Should You Combine the Ingredients?
Cooking for yourself? Prepare the vegetables and apple first, mix the yogurt, lemon juice, and salt dressing separately in a small bowl, then combine everything at the end. Follow the original recipe steps to keep the ingredient portions and order of combining clear.
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If you are unsure about the order after trying to put the apple and vegetables in a bowl all at once and make the dressing, prepare the ingredients and dressing separately. This recipe calls for slicing the cabbage, carrot, and apple first, mixing the yogurt dressing separately, and combining everything at the end.
First, portion the vegetables and apple
For 1 serving, use 1 loosely packed handful of shredded cabbage, 1 of 4 medium carrot, and 1 of 4 small apple. Remove the firm core of the cabbage and slice it 2 mm wide. Thinly slice the carrot and cored apple, then cut them into 2 mm strips.
The three ingredients used at this stage are cabbage, carrot, and apple. Washing and slicing them completes the first preparation step, so leave the dressing ingredients out and move on to the next step.
Mix the sauce ingredients separately
For the dressing, use 2 household eating spoons of plain unsweetened yogurt, 0.5 household eating spoon of lemon juice, and 1 pinch of salt. These three ingredients are not meant to go straight onto the vegetables and apple; put them separately in a small bowl 8 cm in diameter and mix with a spoon for 20 seconds.
The key here is the step in which each ingredient is used, rather than its name. Mix the yogurt, lemon juice, and salt together to make the dressing, and keep the cabbage, carrot, and apple as the sliced ingredients. The recipe does not repeat any ingredients for two different uses, so there is no need to divide the portions further.
Combine everything in one bowl at the final step
Next, put the sliced ingredients and prepared dressing into a bowl 16 cm in diameter. Gently lift and turn everything from the bottom with a spoon until it is lightly coated with the white dressing, then serve right away. That is the published order.
In brief, the order is to prepare the vegetables and apple, mix the dressing, and combine everything in a large bowl. If you are not adding any other ingredients, check the portions at each step in this order. You can check the ingredient list and cooking steps in Kkinion’s published recipe.
Recipe ingredients
Choose one of the two quantities below to match the number of people you are making it for.
- Cabbage: 1 portion, 1 handful (loosely packed) / 2 portions, 2 handfuls (loosely packed)
- Carrot: 1 portion, 0.25 medium carrot / 2 portions, 0.5 medium carrots
- Apple: 1 portion, 0.25 small apple / 2 portions, 0.5 small apples
- Yogurt: 1 portion, 2 household eating spoons (plain, unsweetened) / 2 portions, 4 household eating spoons (plain, unsweetened)
- Lemon juice: 1 portion, 0.5 household eating spoon / 2 portions, 1 household eating spoon
- Salt: 1 portion, 1 pinch / 2 portions, 2 pinches
Complete cooking steps
1 step. Wash the vegetables and apple. Remove the firm core from the cabbage and shred it into 2 mm-wide strips. Lay the flat sides of the carrot and cored apple on the cutting board, slice them thinly, then cut them into 2 mm strips.
2 step. Put the yogurt, lemon juice, and salt in a small bowl 8 cm in diameter and mix with a spoon for 20 seconds. The dressing is ready when the lemon juice is no longer visible separately.
3 step. Put all the sliced ingredients and dressing into a bowl 16 cm in diameter. Gently lift and turn everything from the bottom with a spoon until it is lightly coated with the white dressing, then serve right away.
Check the ingredients and cooking steps for apple, carrot, and cabbage salad
Web references
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