Salad with winter vegetables and walnuts - Georgian Fxali for new year

walnuts

🥗Healthier: sunflower seeds

💰Cheaper: peanuts

Sunflower seeds are more affordable and provide a similar crunch.

vinegar

🥗Healthier: lemon juice

💰Cheaper: apple cider vinegar

Lemon juice adds freshness while apple cider vinegar is often less expensive.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Avocado oil is healthier, while vegetable oil is budget-friendly.

spinach

🥗Healthier: kale

💰Cheaper: collard greens

Kale is nutrient-rich, and collard greens are often less expensive.

Boil beetroot and carrot in water for 25 to 30 minutes.

Steam cauliflower and broccoli for about 10 minutes until tender.

Grate all the boiled vegetables using a grater.

Peel the skin off the beetroot before grating.

In a food processor, combine walnuts, parsley, dill, garlic, spices, and red hot chili pepper powder.

Add 50 milliliters of water and blend until smooth to make pesto.

Mix in 4 tablespoons of white wine vinegar into the pesto after blending.

Divide the pesto into four parts and mix each part with the grated vegetables separately.

Check the seasoning and add salt if needed.

Form the mixture into round balls.

Garnish with pomegranate seeds before serving.

Cooking Techniques

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