Simply Spiral Zucchini Salad

One of the main reasons for sharing this salad with you is that I enjoy keeping my recipes different yet delicious, simple yet chic, and most importantly, extremely tasty. Everyone can make this and have fun with their kids at home or as couples. When we cook together, play together, eat together, we stay together. Keeping the family together is especially important these days.

The glue of togetherness is the “mmmm factor” you create when you savor the aroma and taste of the dish. Sometimes, words fail to describe the sensational pleasure, and we simply go “MMMMMM.” The longer you drag the “mmmm,” the better it tastes. We’ve all experienced it, especially with our mothers, right? At a friend’s place, at an invitation, or even in excellent restaurants, that experience remains memorable.

Zucchini is my preferred vegetable for creating a spiral salad. Its soft texture makes it easy to handle, producing long, thin spirals that resemble spaghetti. I love the green streak combined with the white interior. Although orange squash or pumpkin can be used, they are a bit harder to work with.

This raw, fresh zucchini salad is like summer in a bowl. Mixed with tomatoes, okra and seasoned with tangy-sweet chat masala, cumin powder, black Himalayan salt, and black pepper, it’s ideal for barbecues, picnics, or as a refreshing snack on a hot summer day.

In summers, I swap hot, spicy, and oily dishes for raw, fresh, and light recipes, making this zucchini salad my go-to dish. Zucchini is plentiful and affordable at farmer markets during this season. Not only is it inexpensive and packed with micronutrients, but it is also extremely versatile: sauté it, add it to stir-fries, use it as a pizza topping, or even make zucchini soup. So whenever I’m at the farmer’s market, I often pick them up by the dozen and make this quick and easy salad as the temperatures rise.

Print Recipe

Spiralized Zucchini Salad with Tomatoes and Ladyfinger

Side Dish – Dadaji Original

By Dadaji – Serves: 4-5

Prep Time: 20 minutes – Cooking Time: N/A – Total Time: 20 minutes

A raw, spiralized salad resembling spaghetti, featuring a unique spice mix of chunky chat masala.

Ingredients

• For the salad:
• 6-10 ladies fingers
• 2 medium zucchini
• 2 cups mung bean sprouts
• Juice of 1 lemon
• 3 medium tomatoes
• 2 tablespoons olive or coconut oil (or any vegetable oil of your choice)
• 1 tablespoon chunky chat masala mix (available at any Asian shop)
• Salt to taste
• For the beetroot sauce:
• 1/2 beetroot, freshly grated
• 1 lemon
• 2 tablespoons olive or sesame oil
• 1 bunch basil leaves
• 1/4 cup cashew nuts soaked in water (discard the water before use)
• Salt to taste
• 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar

Instructions

For the salad:

1

Add the chopped tomatoes, mung bean sprouts, lemon juice, and diagonally cut ladies' finger slices into a bowl.

2

Mix in olive or coconut oil, salt, and chunky chat masala.

3

Serve the salad with your preferred pesto or sauce.

For the beetroot sauce:

4

Combine 1/2 freshly grated beetroot, 1 lemon, 2 tablespoons olive or sesame oil, 1 bunch basil leaves, 1/4 cup cashew nuts (soaked and drained), and salt to taste along with 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar.

5

Blend all the ingredients until a smooth paste.

6

Serve generously with the spiral salad.

Nutrition

• 223.3 Calories
• 30.0g Carbohydrates
• 0.0mg Cholesterol
• 16.0g Fat
• 5.0g Fiber
• 6.0g Protein
• 300.0mg Sodium
• 0.0g Trans fat

Notes

You will need a spiralizer for this recipe. If you don't have one, use a regular grater; hold the zucchini lengthwise and slowly push it through to achieve thin, noodle-like strips. We always find a way to solve our problems 🙂 The chunky chat masala clearly lives up to its name.