A wonderfully simple cabbage salad with edamame beans and homemade goma dressing – the Japanese sesame dressing.
This pointed cabbage salad tastes remarkably good, and it is so straightforward and quick to make – even with the homemade goma dressing.
You can either spoon the goma dressing over the salad – which keeps it crisp and crunchy – or toss the cabbage in the dressing to marinate it and make it softer. It is a matter of taste.
Crisp pointed cabbage salad with goma dressing
This salad is incredibly simple – a Japanese-inspired pointed cabbage salad that can be served in countless ways.
Serve it alongside (or topped with) slices of steak, chicken or a piece of Asian-marinated meat. With pan-fried salmon, which you can also top with goma or hoisin sauce – or a batch of fried tiger prawns.
It is also excellent with a plate of crispy deep-fried spring rolls – click here
Pointed cabbage salad with edamame and goma dressing
Ingredients
Pointed cabbage salad
- 1 pointed cabbage – ideally half a green and half a red one – medium-sized
- 200 g shelled edamame beans, defrosted
- 2 spring onions
- 1 handful peanuts, chopped
- Chopped flat-leaf parsley – optional
Goma dressing
- 100 ml sesame seeds
- 75 ml good-quality mayonnaise – Hellmann’s or similar
- 2 tbsp cane sugar
- 1 1/2 tbsp sesame oil
- 1 1/2 tbsp rice vinegar
- 1 1/2 tbsp soy sauce
- 1/2-1 lime, juice of
Method
Goma dressing
- Toast the sesame seeds in a dry frying pan until golden and fragrant.
- Crush the sesame seeds well in a pestle and mortar. Some stay whole while others turn into a fine powder – this gives the goma dressing a really lovely texture.*You can also blitz them in a mini chopper if you prefer – or put all the ingredients in a mini chopper and blend the goma dressing to the consistency you like.
- Then stir the remaining ingredients together with the crushed sesame seeds until you have a smooth, creamy goma dressing.*You can leave out the lime, but for this particular salad I think it gives the goma dressing just the right sharpness.*If you chill the goma dressing, you may need to loosen it with a little water, as it can thicken over time – because the crushed sesame seeds absorb the liquid.
Pointed cabbage salad with edamame beans
- Finely shred the pointed cabbage and finely slice the spring onions.
- Combine the cabbage, defrosted edamame beans and spring onions in a bowl.
- Add a couple of generous tablespoons of goma dressing and toss with the salad.*Bear in mind that when you toss the cabbage with the goma dressing, the cabbage will naturally become "marinated" and lose some of its crunch. So toss the cabbage with the goma dressing just before serving, otherwise it turns too soft – for my taste, at least.*You can also simply top the salad with goma dressing – then it stays crisp and fresh.
- Scatter the finished salad with chopped peanuts and, if you like, a little flat-leaf parsley, and serve with extra goma dressing on the side.
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Mega lækker salat og nem og hurtig at lave. Den bliver brugt til festen i weekenden
Hej Mette
Hold op hvor gør det mig glad at høre – tak for de søde ord:)
Warm wishes, Dianna
Kan man bruge andet end ris eddike, da der er udsolgt.?
Hej Trine
Jeg har desværre kun prøvet med riseddike, så det tør jeg ikke svare på:)
Warm wishes, Dianna
hvis man skal lave goma-dressingen dagen før. Kan man så vente med at blande sesam i til på selve dagen, så de ikke suger væden til sig – og dermed måske undgå at blande op med vand (som du ellers anbefaler i opskriften)?
Hej Stine
Ja det kan du sagtens vente med 🙂 Den smager fantastisk lige når den er lavet også – så der er ikke behov for at den trækker med sesammen i 🙂
Warm wishes, Dianna
kan man bruge den som tilbehør til en buffet med marineret nakkefilet/pulled pork (din opskrift :-), kylling, ovnkartofler, bearnaisesovs, pesto mm, – eller bliver det for mærkeligt, og er det bedst, at den serveres med noget andet asiatisk mad?
Har prøver med at få min dreng til at spise flere grøntsager – men han elsker denne ret. Virkelig delikat
Hej Jesper
Hvor er det bare dejligt at høre – tusind tak for din besked 🙂
Dbh Dianna
Vi har fået denne nogle gange og det er bare lækkert hver gang. Tak for en fin opskrift.
Hej Maria
Det er jeg bare så glad for at høre, tusind tak 🙂
Warm wishes, Dianna
Forstår ikke rigtig målene, fx 11/2 spk?
Hej Randi
Det er ikke 11/2 med 1 1/2, – så halvanden:)
Warm wishes, Dianna
Super lækker og nem salat
Hejsa
Det er jeg bare så glad for, – tusind tak fordi du skriver det 🙂
Warm wishes, Dianna
Skøn og frisk salat
Hej Inger
Tusind tak fordi du skriver det, – så dejligt at høre 🙂
Warm wishes, Dianna