Ingredients:
- Iceberg lettuce 1 bunch
- Apples- 2 med sized
- Watermelon (optional) -1/4 small sized
- Carrot – 1 med sized
- Cucumber – 1 med sized
- Tomatoes- 2 med sized
- Celery- 1 stem
- Orange- 2
- Capsicum- 1 med size
- Spring onions- 2
- Mint leaves- a few springs
- Garlic- 6-8 cloves
- Mustard seeds- 1 tbsp
- Sea salt- 1 tbsp
- Pepper corns- 8-10
- Lemon juice- 2 tbsp
- Malt vinegar- 2 tbsp
Method:
- Wash the lettuce, tear into bite size pieces and dip in ice cold water to make it crisp.
- Wash, core the apples and cut into one inch cubes
- Cut, slice, peel and deseed the watermelon. Peel and wash the carrot. Peel, wash and deseed the cucumber, wash and deseed the tomatoes. Cut all into one inch sized cubes.
- Wash and cut celery sticks into one inch sized pieces.
- Skin orange, separate the segments and deseed them. Cut them into half.
- Wash, deseed and cut capsicum into one inch cubes.
- Wash the spring onions and cut greens into one inch long pieces.
Cut the onions into quarters and separate the layers. - Wash mint leaves, reserve some for garnishing and chop the remaining.
- In a bowl, mix all the fruits and vegetables except lettuce and mint leaves. Chill in refrigerator for about ten minutes.
- For making the dressing peel garlic cloves and crush them in a small mortar and pestle along with mustard seeds, sea salt, pepper corns, chopped mint leaves and lemon juice.
- Toss the salad with malt vinegar and the dressing. Serve the salad on a bed of crisp lettuce, garnished with mint leaves.