Shar’s Coleslaw

Name: Shar’s Coleslaw
Yield: Serves 4–6
Cuisine: Americas
Ingredients: salt and pepper; juice of ½ lime; ¼ firm white cabbage (about 300 g/10½ oz., very finely sliced; 175 g (6 oz) canned sweetcorn, drained; 125 g (4½ oz) carrots, grated; 2 tbsp finely chopped fresh coriander leaves; ⅛ red cabbage (about 160 g/5¾ oz., very finely sliced; ½ green pepper, deseeded and finely diced; 2 spring onions, green part only, finely diced; 1 tbsp mayonnaise

Preparation info

Serves
4–6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Caribbean Food Made Easy

By Levi Roots

Published 2009

About

My daughter Shar makes the best coleslaw ever and this is her fantastic recipe. It is full of colour, flavour and crunch and doesn’t have too much sauce – just how I like it.

Ingredients

¼ firm white cabbage (about 300 g/10½ oz., very finely sliced
⅛

Americas
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Mix all the prepared vegetables with the sweetcorn and coriander in a serving bowl. Season, then squeeze on the lime and dollop on the mayo. Stir everything together carefully. That’s it: fresh and fantastic.
Keep the coleslaw, covered, in the fridge if you’re preparing it in advance of the meal. This is great at a barbecue or any summer meal, or even to make y