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AVOCADO BEETROOT SALAD

mayurisjikoni
Avocado Beetroot Salad is a colourful, easy to make, delicious, vegan, gluten free, healthy and filling salad.
5 from 7 votes
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Course Light Meal, Salad, Starter
Cuisine International
Servings 2

Ingredients
  

FOR THE SALAD

  • 1 avocado peeled and sliced
  • 1 medium beetroot peeled, boiled and sliced
  • 1 tomato sliced
  • 1 tbsp fresh mint chopped or a few mint leaves
  • 2 cups of any lettuce leaves or baby spinach
  • 1 small white or red onion peeled and sliced
  • 10 cashew nuts lightly roasted and halved

FOR THE LEMON SALAD DRESSING

  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 tsp lemon zest
  • ½ to 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp pepper powder
  • 1 tbsp maple syrup optional

Instructions
 

PREPARE THE SALAD

  • Cut the avocado into slices or cubes. Arrange them in a bowl or serving plate.
  • Drizzle some lemon juice over it.
  • Next cut the boiled beetroot, tomato and onion.
  • You can marinate the onion slices in the lemon salad dressing if you want to. Whenever I do that, I leave it in the dressing for at least 20-30 minutes.
  • Tear the lettuce leaves into smaller pieces. Chop the mint if the leaves are too big.
  • Add the beetroot, tomato, onion, lettuce and mint to the avocado.
  • Sprinkle the nuts over it. Best to layer all the ingredients instead of tossing the salad. Mixing or tossing will result in the salad turning red because of the beetroot.

PREPARE THE LEMON DRESSING

  • Mix olive oil and salt first till the salt dissolves.
  • Add the lemon juice, maple syrup if using any and pepper.
  • Whisk it well or shake it in a small jar till it becomes a bit frothy. Make sure the jar has a tight lid.

SERVING

  • You can allow the salad to chill a bit in the fridge or serve it straight away.
  • Drizzle the dressing over it or leave it on the side and everyone can help themselves to it.

Notes

  • As soon as you cut the avocado, mix some lemon juice into it to prevent it from turning brown.
  • Whenever I use beetroot in my salads, I avoid adding some form of sweetness like sugar, honey etc as beetroots tend to be sweet.
  • Any nuts of your preference can be used.
  • Note I used the word layer instead of mix. If you mix the salad before taking it to the table, the beetroot tends to 'bleed' and will turn the whole salad red.
  • Instead of normal tomato can use cherry or tiny plum tomatoes about 1o or so.
  • If you do not find fresh mint , use fresh coriander or basil.
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