A warming cold curry?

Despite it still being August, it was cold, grey and miserable, something i had not envisaged when i was planning this raw food detox.  Hmmmm.  So i fancied something warming, but raw food is cold or tepid at best.

I did some googling and found the inspiration for this - a curried white cabbage salad:


Finely chop 1 whole medium sized white cabbage (you can do it in a Food processor, but i did it by hand).  Remove the thick stalk bits.  Do the same to an onion - i used a red one as it was in the top dish of the veggie stand and i was too lazy to reach down to get a white one.

In a big bowl mix the cabbage and onion with some sunflower seeds, some sesame seeds, and some coconut.  I used dessicated (which may mean this is not officially raw - but i'm not worried about the raw food police).

To make the dressing, i blended:

• the juice of 2 lemons
• the juice of 2 limes (you could use vinegar)
• a tablespoon of curry powder
• a tablespoon of turmeric 
• a tablespoon of cumin (Actually - did not measure any of these, just checked some in)
• a splash of hot sauce
• some crushed garlic
• a handful of fresh coriander
• a tablespoon and a bit of coconut oil (you could use half an avocado or a flavourless oil)
• a big glug of light soy/shoyu sauce (about a 1.3rd of a cup, i guess)

Blend thoroughly, let down with more lemon or lime juice, add pepper.  Pour over cabbage mixture and mix.  It tastes a bit better if left to chill for a while.

I decided to make it go further that i'd add a box of marinated tofu to it - but that is not necessary.  

Yummy - a warming dish, despite being a cold day.  

Enjoy!