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Title: Sweet Onion Salad
Categories: Salad Russian
Yield: 2 Cups
| FLATBREADS & FLAVORS; ALFORD | ||
| 2 | md | Onions, red; thinly sliced |
| 1 | tb | Salt, kosher |
| 3 | tb | Vinegar, cider |
| 1 | ts | Sugar |
| 1 | c | Cilantro, fresh; coarsely chopped leaves |
| 1/2 | ts | Cayenne pepper |
| OPTIONAL | ||
| Pomegranate seeds | ||
Place onions in colander and place it over a bowl to catch drips. Sprinkle salt onto onions and toss with your hands to ensure that salt is well distributed. Let stand for 20 minutes.
Rinse under cold water and pat dry with towel (or dry in salad spinner). Transfer onions to shallow serving bowl. Add cilantro and toss gently. Sprinkle cayenne on top and add a handful of pomegranate seeds. Serve at room temperature with Chicken Street Kebabs and Afghan Home-style Naan.
Authors' notes: In this tasty salad, mild red onions are salted and allowed to drain for twenty minutes, then rinsed. This eliminates any strong onion flavor and leaves only a refreshing taste, which is well matched by the coriander tossed into the salad. If you can get fresh pomegranate, it's worth the trouble to decorate the salad with some pomegranate seeds. Sweet onion salad is delicious wrapped in bread and makes a great complement to grilled lamb.
Nutritional information per serving: xx calories, xx gm protein, xx mg cholesterol, xx gm carbohydrate, xx mg sodium, x.x gm fiber, xx gm fat ( x gm sat, x gm mono, x gm poly), x.x mg iron, xx mg calcium, x% of calories from fat.
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