Taj Chef’s Salad with Chutney Vinaigrette

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Hot and Spicy

By Marlena Spieler

Published 1985

  • About

This robust salad strikes an almost playful note, with a combination of textures and flavours that invites a veritable treasure hunt through it.

The salad is Anglo-Indian-American in inspiration, based on the chef’s salad, that platter of cheese and meats on fresh salad leaves, with the tangy spiciness of a chutney-spiked vinaigrette. Toasted sunflower seeds give it a satisfying crunch.

I adore the strong, almost bitter frisée balanced with the gaudy flavours of the rest of