The Nigerian vegetable salad is number one on the list of Nigerian healthy foods.
I realized that most Nigerians shy away from these natural foods and chose to spend more money on processed foods probably because they are often wrangled in extra sweetener and ready to be taken.
I made a decision at some point to have at least a plate of vegetable salad in place of one meal weekly. Vegetable salads will detoxify your body, improve your digestive capability, make you feel lighter and even make you think smarter.
I have noticed that vegetables, when eaten in large quantity sought of awaken my neural pathway.
I am talking about raw vegetables and also some less sugary fruits, like cucumbers and water melon.
It is served in Nigeria alongside jollof rice or fried rice
There are basically two types of salads that are popularly eaten in Nigeria, Salads happens to be one of the healthiest set of foods that I know, especially the vegetable salad, I also like the fruit salad but this is by no means in comparison with the former.
What you find below is a plate of veggie salad, it looks delicious right? You can serve it this way or serve with any one of the rice meals.
Below are the ingredients used in making Nigerian Vegetable salads, you can double or reduce it, depending on the number of people you are looking to serve.
Ingredients For Nigerian Salads
- Medium size cabbage
- 4 medium size carrot
- lettuce leaves
- 2 cups of chopped green beans
- half cup peas (optional)
- 3 cooked eggs
- one can of baked beans
- 2 big size of cucumber
- salad cream (heinz, BAMA mayonnaise)
