Krautsalat à la Tante Kerni's Mama

Same same but different. Be prepared to be eating Chinese cabbage for the rest of the months, these guys can be huge ...

Here is a very simple one. When my mum makes salat, for some reason, it is usually Chinakohl and comes with this dressing:

Finely chop a shallot and some spring onions.
Cover them with lemon juice, salt (lots), sugar and pepper.
Add a little olive oil and, finally, some yoghurt.

Add the chopped Chinese cabbage and a tomato.

It's good to have this sit a little, prior to serving.

Red Hot Chili Cabbage

Chinese cabbage, cut, sprinkle with some brown sugar and raw sea salt
Spring onions
some cucumber slices
Red chili
Sesame seeds
a few cashews

Ginger: grate, then squeeze out the juice and use that for the dressing
sesame oil
some olive oil
soy sauce
lemon or lime juice

Crunchy Sweetheart

Now isn't that delightful? I just found out that the English word for "Spitzkohl" is sweetheart cabbage, what an adorable term for a vegetable. Anyhow, any cabbage will do, really. Just cut it finely and give it a gentle squeeze with a little salt.

Then add the dressing made from lime juice, soy sauce, sesame oil, sambal oelek.

Spring onion, sesame seeds, fresh coriander leaves and chopped red chili can go on top.

Last, and just before serving, destroy a package of crunchy flavoured instant noodles (yumyum, waiwai, or whateverwhatever) and stir. You don't want them to soak. You want them to crunch, sweetheart.

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