Golden Beet Salad from a Country South of Spain, North of Ghana

Name: Golden Beet Salad from a Country South of Spain, North of Ghana
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Hausa-Fulani & Northern Nigerian
Ingredients: 2 lb beets; 1 lemon; 0.5 tsp ground cumin; 0.5 tsp smoked paprika; 0.25 tsp cinnamon; 1 tbsp orange blossom water; 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil; salt; fresh ground black pepper; 3 tbsp fresh parsley; loose leaf lettuce or romaine lettuce

Grilled beets, lemon and parsley, warmed with cumin and smoked paprika, a West African salad. It's finished with beet salad.

30 min · Serves 6 · Easy

Method

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Time: Cook 30 min · 30 min total
Difficulty: easy

1
Wash the beets well, peel, trim off tops and steam until tender, about 20-30 minutes. Alternately, the beets can be oven-roasted or placed in aluminum foil and grilled.
30 min
2
Once beets are cool, slice thinly. In a non-reactive bowl toss the sliced beets with the lemon juice, cumin, paprika, cinnamon, orange blossom water, olive oil, salt and the pepper. Adjust seasoning if necessary.
3
Cover and chill. Marinate 2-3 hours. Just before serving, stir in the chopped fresh parsley.
180 min
4
If desired, line each salad plate with lettuce leaves and top with the beet salad.