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Easy Russian salad with sweet creamy dressing on a serving plate
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Easy Russian Salad with Sweet Creamy Dressing

A creamy Russian salad — boiled carrots, potatoes and peas with cucumber, apple and pineapple, all folded through a sweet cream and mayonnaise dressing. The party salad that is always on our table.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings: 6
Course: Salad, Side Dish
Cuisine: Pakistani
Ingredients Equipment Method Video Notes

Ingredients
  

For the salad:
  • 4 carrots, cut into small pieces
  • 2 potatoes, cut into small pieces
  • 1 cucumber, cut into small cubes
  • 1 cup peas
  • 2 apples, cut small
  • 1 pineapple, cut into small cubes
For the sweet creamy dressing:
  • 1/2 cup cream (120 ml)
  • 1/2 cup mayonnaise (120 ml)
  • 1 tbsp powdered sugar (icing sugar)
  • 1/2 tsp black pepper powder
  • 1/2 tsp white pepper powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt

Equipment

Method
 

  1. Cut the carrots and potatoes into small pieces. Cut the cucumber into small cubes. Cut the apples small, and cut the pineapple into small cubes.
  2. Boil the carrots, potatoes and peas in water, each one separately. Boil the potatoes well, but do not over-boil the other vegetables.
  3. In a bowl, add the cream, mayonnaise and powdered sugar. Mix them well.
  4. Add the black pepper powder, white pepper powder and salt. Mix everything well.
  5. Add the boiled potatoes, the chopped cucumber, the peas, the apples, the pineapple and the carrots to the dressing.
  6. Mix all the vegetables and fruit together well. Dish out in a serving plate and serve.

Video

Notes

Boil the vegetables separately — boil the potatoes well, but do not over-boil the carrots and peas.
Powdered sugar is the same as icing sugar — find it in the baking aisle.
If you do not have white pepper, black pepper on its own works too.