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Russian salad( Salade Russe) ( Salade de legumes) (vegetable Salade)
Ingredients
Peas (shelled) 200gms
Carrots (diced), peeled 250gms
French beans (stringed and cut) 250gms
Turnip (peeled and cubed), boiled 100gms
Mayonnaise sauce200ml
 vinaigrette 1 tbsp
1 Tbsp Salt
1 Tbsp Black pepper, powdered
1 Tbsp Mustard powder

Method of preparation

1.      Boil or steam the chopped vegetables, to bite like consistency, drain and chill.
2.      When cool, mix the vinaigrette and mayonnaise sauce, salt, and black pepper and mustard powder.
3.      Chill and serve.

 Salade  de chou cru

Ingredients
Cabbage 250gms
Onion 100gms
Capsicum 100gms
Salad oil 30ml
Vinegar/ lemon juice 10ml
Carrot for garnish
Mustard powder  a pinch
Salt and pepper to taste
Lettuce 4nos
Method of preparations
1.      Shred cabbage finely. Remove seeds from capsicum and finally chop capsicum and onion
2.      Mix cabbage onion and capsicum in a clean bowl and dress with vinaigrette dressing.
3.       Place lettuce leaf on a plate put salad in the centre and garnish with brunoise of carrots.

COLESLAW
Ingredients
Cabbage – 200 Gms
Carrots- 50 Gms
Mayonnaise 125ml
Method:
1.       Trim off outside leaves of the cabbage.
2.        Cut into quarters. Remove center stalk.
3.        Wash the cabbage, shred finely and drain well.
4.        Mix with fine julienne of raw carrot.
5.       Bind with mayonnaise or vinaigrette.

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