Nigerian Salad
Nigerian Salad

Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, nigerian salad. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Nigerian Salad is so unique that there is no other place that prepares such filling and exotic salad as this recipe. It can be had as a meal on its own or as a side dish to the various Nigerian Rice Recipes. How to Make Nigerian Salad [Video] The quantities of ingredients stated are what will give you a typical taste of the Nigerian Salad. The classic Nigerian Salad Bear it in mind that the vegetables need not be leafy to merit a role in the salad bowl.

Nigerian Salad is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Nigerian Salad is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook nigerian salad using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Nigerian Salad:
  1. Make ready 1 medium bunch of cabbage
  2. Make ready 5 medium sized carrots
  3. Prepare 4 big eggs
  4. Get 1 handful green beans
  5. Take 1 bottle salad cream or Mayonnaise
  6. Make ready 425 g sweet corn (2 small tins)
  7. Prepare 5 sized irish potatoes
  8. Make ready 1 handful peas
  9. Make ready 1 tin Baked beans in tomato sauce comes in a 200 gram can)
  10. Get Ketchup (optional)

And to enjoy it's health benefits, please do not drench it in salad dressing or Mayonnaise. Some people bath their salad in Heinz salad dressing. Fusili pasta is mostly used for Nigerian Salad, I opted for Farfalle for aesthetic reasons; it's pretty and looks more appealing compared with Fusili. Some Nigerian Salad recipes call for Tuna, Sardines or Corned Beef.

Steps to make Nigerian Salad:
  1. Before you start with the  Salad - Tips - -Wash all the vegetables separately in sufficient water (add a spoonful of vinegar, baking soda or lemon juice to the water to help kill harmful bacteria). Rinse thoroughly in fresh water. - - – Boil the green peas and green bean for 2 minutes, strain it out and using the same pot, boil the eggs and potatoes together, the potatoes might cook before the eggs, so take it out when it is done and let the eggs boil until hard boiled. - - Set them aside for later use.
  2. Peel of the egg shells and slice the eggs as thinly as you can. - - Peel of the skin of the boiled potatoes and cut into small cubes. - - – Slice the cabbage into tiny strips, then wash again and strain to remove excess water. Set aside for later use. - Tip: (the cabbage might store ants or pesticide in its leaves, that’s why it needs to be washed again after slicing) .
    • Scrape the carrots and shred with a grater. Set aside for later use. - - – Scrape off the green skin of the cucumber (optional), cut into two equal halves, remove the seeds(you can eat it if you like) and then cut into small cubes. Set aside for later use.
  4. Open the can of sweet corn, pour into a sieve to strain out the preservation water. Set the corn aside for later use. - - – Open the can of  baked beans, pour into a small bowl and set aside for later use. - - Now that you have all the ingredients ready, it’s time to put them together.
    1. Get a large salad bowl and place the vegetables in the bowl, layer by layer until there’s nothing left.  -   - 2. Place the sliced eggs on the prepared salad, and also spread the baked beans.
    1. Now, cover the salad bowl and chill in the fridge until needed. - -  4.  Finally serve with the salad cream(or mayonnaise), and Enjoy.

Fusili pasta is mostly used for Nigerian Salad, I opted for Farfalle for aesthetic reasons; it's pretty and looks more appealing compared with Fusili. Some Nigerian Salad recipes call for Tuna, Sardines or Corned Beef. I'm not a fan of meats or fish in Pasta. Feel free to include any of those if you wish. Nigerian Salad Nigerian salad comprises of different types of fresh vegetables, boiled eggs, corned beef or sardines and Heinz salad cream or mayonnaise is usually used as dressing for Nigerian salad.

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