Recipe: Salted Turnips and Radishes with Scallions

Recipe Source: Wise, Victoria Jenanyan.  The Armenian Table.  St. Martin's Press, New York, 2004 p. 42. 

My reason for choosing this recipe was very, very simple: my husband loves turnips and he loves radishes.  I'm not overly fond of either of them, but I don't have any strong objections to them either.  I figured that he would like this, and he did.  I only made one real change: the original wanted this to be served atop softened Armenian cracker bread with butter.  We didn't have any cracker bread, and I wanted this to be specifically a vegetable dish.  Furthermore, we're not into butter.  Not on bread, anyway.  Otherwise, there were really no changes to be made.  It's a really amazingly simple dish, and if someone else hadn't already published this in a book I'd feel really silly posting it as a recipe at all. 

Salted Turnips and Radishes with Scallions (serves 4; approx. $0.65/serving)

3 small turnips

1 bunch radishes

Kosher salt

2 scallions, thinly sliced

Equipment:

• No special equipment is required for this recipe

1. Peel the turnips and cut them into thin wedges.
2. Trim the radishes and slice thinly.  Leaving a little bit of the leaves at the top will help greatly as you try to slice the radishes thinly.
3. Arrange the turnips and radishes on the serving platter. 
4. Sprinkle the vegetables with kosher salt to taste, then top with the scallions.
5. Serve. 

Comments

[Angie's Recipes]

The bright red skin, crunchy texture, and succulent flesh make cherry radish a perfect summer salad.

[Natasha - 5 Star Foodie]

I would love this crunchy and refreshing salad! Simple and delicious!

[Sophie]

MMMMM...I love the texture of this salad: crunchy & apart: great colours too! love it besides a piece of grilled fish!

[Fearless Kitchen]

Sophie - that would be a main dish to serve this with.

Natasha - Thanks! Sometimes simple works best...

Angie - Thanks!

[Ground Beef Recipes]

I add sliced and lightly grilled white button or brown mushrooms in almost all of the ground beef recipes that I prepare.
Sweet peppers is also a very nice addition. Medium raw beef, with mushrooms, onions and sweet peppers are my favorite combination.