Colorful chillied carrots with zucchini

With summer just around the corner, all you want to eat is a fresh salad with wonderfully fresh ingredients. These chillied carrots are a favorite of mine since childhood and I think it very refreshing. The freshness of the carrots combined with the fire of the chillies are very invigorating! WHen we had family gatherings, my mother would usually make a full indian dinner and these carrots were a welcome change to the rich and heartwarming currys.

Now if you serve them like this, with the carrots in strips, then I suggest to only mix the marinade right before serving, as the vegetables will soak up the marinade and lose a little of their crunchiness. If you cut the carrots in sticks, then I suggest you mix the marinade a few hours early to let it infuse all the veggies and develop all its hidden tastes! Also a hit the next day:)

 First peel the carrots and then use a vegetable peeler to cut them into broad stripes. This time I added zucchini – it gives a wonderful color contrast and they needed to be used up 🙂 Chop the paprika and mix all the vegetables together.

Now mix the marinade: the salt, the chopped green chillies, the tomato concentrate, the lemon juice, the chopped garlic and the oil should be combined to a homogenous marinade. Now taste it and adjust the ingredients. My tip: do not be cheap with the salt – it helps develop the individual taste of every ingredient. Before serving add the chopped coriander. Et voilà 🙂

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Shopping list (for 2-3 portions):

• 4-6 carrots
• 1/2 -1  zucchini
• 1 Tbsp salt
• 1 chopped green chilli
• Chopped garlic to taste
• 1/2 – 1 Tbsp of tomato concentrate
• Juice of 1 lemon
• Chopped coriander to taste
• ca. 2 Tbsp oil