I often eat salad, but only in restaurants and hotels. Even often to eat a salad, this time, for the first time I made salad with organic and super fresh veggies. I'm glad the first experience had great results.
The main reason I find it difficult to make salads at home is the availability of fresh vegetables, as well as the types of vegetables that are suitable for making salads.
Salad Is Not My Comfort Food
There is demand, of course, there is a supply of goods. Most likely in the area, I live difficult to find stock of fresh vegetables for salads is because salad is not comforting food here.
It's even hard to find a salad menu at a local restaurant. Because we are not used to eating raw vegetables.
There is one version of Indonesian food which is similar to Salad. It's called ”Gado-Gado”. The only difference is that ”Gado-Gado” uses vegetables that are boiled first, then enjoyed with peanut sauce.
So, for a salad with raw vegetables, it was very difficult for our tongues to accept, except, with a super spicy sauce that could disguise the strong taste of the vegetables.
Even though it's not my comfort food, but I can't forget the freshness of the vegetables in the salad that I enjoy at the hotel. So I thought of making a homemade salad according to Indonesian taste buds.
The most important thing is that I have to prepare the sauce that my tongue will accept. That means the sauce has to be strong enough to cover the leafy flavor.
Peanut Butter Sauce with Chili Powder
The color of my salad looks a little yellowish-brown, because I use peanut butter, with olive oil, to which I add lemon juice, garlic powder, and chili powder.
I prefer peanut butter over yogurt because peanut is a pleasant taste for my Indonesian palate.
To strengthen the taste, I added chili powder as well as garlic powder. Let's see the ingredients and how to make the peanut sauce for salad.
The Ingredients
- 4 tablespoons of peanut butter
- 4 tablespoons of olive oil
- 2 tablespoons of lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon of garlic powder
- 1 tablespoon of chili powder
Note: If the amount of sauce becomes less when serving salad, add more peanut butter or olive oil as needed.
Well, here I use olive oil which is specifically for salad dressing. Next time I think to try a type of oil, for example, coconut oil. That sounds interesting.
Mix all the dressing ingredients together, then mix well, and it's ready to be served as a salad dressing.
I tasted this sauce and was quite surprised by the results it turned out to be soooo good!
I did it!!!
I am very happy because my fear has disappeared. At first I was afraid of failing to make a good salad dressing. Now I know the important secret of a delicious salad dressing that is suitable for the Indonesian tongue.
Garlic powder and chili powder are super powers for this time of sauce.
Hydroponic Vegetables
Another fear of mine for homemade salads is the vegetables used. I don't want to use non-organic vegetables. It's terrible eating raw vegetables grown using a lot of non-organic fertilizers.
So I chose hydroponic vegetables and I bought them from another city, about 25 kilometers from my house. I bought red lettuce, butterhead lettuce, red cabbage, and Kyuri Cucumber.
As for the cucumber, this is what I just ate. It tastes sweeter, with a crunchier texture than local cucumbers.
Serving Salad
We just need to prepare the vegetables in a large container. If the leaves are too large, tear them apart using only your hands.
The use of a large container is very beneficial for later mixing the dressing and vegetables itself.
Look at the color of these vegetables. Oh how appetizing with the freshness!
The portion of the salad that I make can be enough for up to 3 people. The color looks like Gado-gado because of the use of peanut sauce. :)
I'm glad my mother would finish a plate of my homemade salad. That is a good sign that I managed to make a salad that is comfortable for our Indonesian tongues. :)
Do you like salads? What kind of dressing do you use as a salad dressing? I hope you guys have your version of the delicious salad ❤️
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Salad is one of my favorite foods. And I like to try various salad recipes. I have never tried a sauce like this before. I was really curious and will try this sauce as soon as possible. I mostly use yogurt or mayonnaise in my salad recipes. And mostly spices.
I was searching on Youtube and found the sauce like that. I choose peanut-based sauce because has strong taste than yogurt ;)
That looks so good, the salad dressing is amazing. I must try someday.
the dressing is suitable for Asian taste :) you should try it for sure.
thanks for stopping by :)
Yeah, I would try it soon. Thanks for sharing.
I like Salad but I have never tried something chili with it.
yeah chili to make the sauce is strong 😀
Oh wow, I love your post and I love the sauce that you made! I need to try this. Normally I just use olive oil and balsamic vinegar or a quick pickled onion and the pickling juice. But this looks so good. I have never thought of peanut sauce as a sauce for salad! I love this. I grow my own salad (for the fears you noted in your post) but recently the sun killed almost all my salad greens. So now I have to wait to taste this awesome sauce. Thanks for sharing!
I have experiment long time, to make sure my salad isn’t gross 🤣 So I made that sauce with peanut sauce, nutty taste is really great :)
That is the way to go! Experimentation. But I mean, anything with peanut butter (in my opinion) will be awesome!
Eating fresh vegetable salad is very common here. They may be different depending on what fresh vegetable are available. We have many choices of dressings (sauces) that are sold in the grocery stores or you can make your own. It is not unusual for restaurants to offer fresh salads with their meals.
I enjoy them, but I am use to them too.
I'm glad yours turned out well.
In here not really common. We just eat raw lettuce or local basil when eating hot sauce :)
So I’ve been thinking about making the sauce that suitable for my Asian taste. Im grateful my mom like it :) I will often make it again for sure
Lately, I have been trying to have a plant-based diet since I would love to shed off a few pounds. It was definitely a blessing to come across your post since I have been so curious about making peanut butter sauce😍 your salad seems very tasty and healthy.
For sure you can try the sauce, maybe for replace the yougurt based dressing to try something new :)
I hope you will be consistent for healthy diet ❤️🌸
Hi @anggreklestari, the salad looks delicious, I loved the sauce with peanut butter, have never prepared something like that I will try to do it.
Blessings!
Dressing with peanut sauce will make the taste stronger than using yougurt :)
I hope you will like it if you try it one day :)
Have a great day :)
I added peanut butter and never tasted a salad. How do you feel more sweet?
not sweet because using garlic powder and chili powder with lemon juice too :)
gak nolak kalau dikirim 😄
sudah dihabisin sama mamak saya, bunda. ehehehe
Interesting dressing, east meet west 🙂👍
Indeed. My mom like it :)
Looks good and healthy, will try it.
For sure. thank you for reading my blog 🌸
Wenak sekaliii
Terima kasih :)
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Thank you so much! ❤️
Such a yummy and vibrant salad 💚😋💚
Great! I love peanut butter but can't buy it because here is too expensive for our pockets. We are the opposite haha the ingredients you can't find are the ones easy for me to find and vice-versa.
For me, one salad is the typical salad, lettuce, tomato, and onion with a dressing of vinegar, oil, and mustard, with salt and sugar. It's not comforting food either and never eaten alone, just as a side for other plates with stronger flavors.
I hope you like it when you try it :)
Have a great day sis