Cabbage Salad with Apples, Cucumber, Radish and Creamy Poppy Seed Dressing
Our recipe for a cabbage salad with apples, cucumber, radish and creamy poppy seed dressing makes a crunchy Russian salad popularised in the diaspora in Australia thanks to an iconic Soviet-era cookbook. This salad comes in infinite variations giving you the freedom to get creative: add celery slices, replace apples with pears or the creamy dressing with mustard vinaigrette. It's fantastic with barbecued meats, roast chicken, sausages, chicken cutlets.
Prep Time15 minutes mins
Cook Time0 minutes mins
Total Time15 minutes mins
Course: Salad
Cuisine: Russian
Servings: 4
Calories: 180kcal
Salad Dressing
- 100 ml sour cream
- 100 ml natural yoghurt
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- ½ tsp garlic powder
- ¼ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp poppy seeds
- 1 tbsp fresh dill finely chopped
Salad
- 1 small cos lettuce leaves separated
- ¼ purple cabbage shredded
- 1 green apple cored and sliced
- 1 red apple cored and sliced
- 1 cucumber sliced
- 1 radish sliced and slices quartered
- 1 tsp poppy seeds
- 1 tbsp fresh dill sprigs
Make the salad dressing: to a medium sized mason jar or other medium sized lidded jar, add the sour cream, natural yoghurt, lemon juice, extra virgin olive oil, garlic powder, salt, black pepper, poppy seeds, and finely chopped fresh dill, and combine vigorously with a fork or small whisk until all the ingredients are well combined, then refrigerate until ready to use.
To a large salad bowl, add the small cos lettuce leaves, shredded purple cabbage, sliced green and red apple pieces, cucumber slices, and radish slices, and half the salad dressing, and stir to loosely combine so the crunchy vegetables and fruit pieces are lightly coated in the creamy dressing.
Scoop the salad onto a serving plate, use a teaspoon to dollop on some more of the creamy dressing (transfer the rest to a small dish to serve on the table), and sprinkle on some black poppy seeds and fresh dill sprigs.
Calories: 180kcal | Carbohydrates: 22g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 18mg | Sodium: 185mg | Potassium: 440mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 15g | Vitamin A: 1492IU | Vitamin C: 39mg | Calcium: 122mg | Iron: 1mg