S13-W1 “Salad Delicacies: (Vegetable Salad)”

Steem greetings from the motherland-Cameroon to all the amazing chefs in the steemit ecosystem. It is another season of the engagement challenge and I have been down with ill health, the reason why this is my first participation in the new season challenge.

That said, our topic for discussion this week has to do with “Salad delicacies”. This is one of the most cherished delicacies to all humans due to the rich content of the delicacy that gives us a healthy lifestyle.

My discussion will focus on the guiding questions below 👇. I hope you all find pleasure in reading through and also learning new salad recipes from my kitchen 😎😎.

First you must prepare a delicious salad and follow the step by step.

In Cameroon cuisine, we have different kinds of salads. This ranges from vegetable salad to fruit salad. This is because we are blessed with varieties of fruits and vegetables which we can consume daily if we make a choice.

Today, I will share a step-by-step guide on how to prepare vegetable salad in Cameroon.

Step 1
You need to put your ingredients together and start by slicing the cabbage. You can use both white and red cabbage to give it a unique colour match.

Step 2:
Wash the cabbage with vinegar to extract all the water from the sliced cabbage. Rinse it with clean water and put it in a colander pan to drain the water well.

Step 3:
Wash carrots, and tomatoes and boiled some eggs. The amount of eggs needed depends on an individual and the quantity of salad you intend to prepare. Grater the carrots into desirable shapes and cut the tomatoes into a circle shape.

Step 4:
Use a tray and start placing the different ingredients, beginning with the cabbage and then carrots, followed by lettuce, sliced cucumbers, tomatoes, sliced eggs, sliced onions and avocado. The vegetable salad is set in the tray.

Step 5:
Prepare your salad cream by using mayonnaise, vinegar, vegetable oil, milk and mustard. The quantity depends on what you desire.

Step 6:

Put the ingredients together and use a blender to give it a good mixture and find texture. The cream is ready to be served with the vegetable salad.

Tell me about it, is it your favorite, the one you prepare most at home?

As I earlier said, this is the most common salad prepared in Cameroon because it is easy to get the ingredients at affordable prices.

I usually prepare it at home occasionally like during birthday celebrations, or anniversaries. I don’t prepare it frequently at home because my kids do not like it.

However, I prepared it at times for my husband to take to work as this is one of his favourites.

Are the ingredients easy to get, are they grown in your country or are they imported, tell me about it.

It is very common to cultivate these ingredients in your home garden. The ingredients are commonly sold in the markets even in the smallest stores in the quarters.

One of the reasons why it is the most consumed salad in Cameroon is because all ingredients are homemade and affordable to buy in the markets.

What other garnishes do you accompany this salad with, or do you eat it alone?

Some people like to eat it alone without accompanying the salad with something else. This depends on an individual’s choice to eat it the way it is or eat it with some other stuff.

For me, I do not like eating it alone. I usually accompany it with some French bread.

I also eat it accompanied with fried rice. It gives a savoury taste to the fried rice.

What this salad is called in your country, or if it is invented by you, tell me what you would call it?

In Cameroon, the general name given to this salad is vegetable salad because the ingredients are made up of different vegetables.

It is a vegetarian meal when eggs are not included. But most often, people add boiled sliced eggs to the salad. This is not compulsory as one can still decide to make it purely vegetarian.

I have come to the end of my discussion and it will be a privilege to invite @sualeha, @hotspotitaly, @aviral123, @udyliciouz, and @ruthjoe to share their participation in the challenge.