Simple Turnip Salad Recipe (+VIDEO) | MasalaHerb.com (2024)

Published: Aug 30, 2021 · Modified: May 3, 2022 by Helene Dsouza

A simple turnip salad to serve up as a side dish salad with your meals.

📕 What is it?

This is a simple raw turnip salad prepared with shredded turnips.

It's inspired by the radish salad, which is commonly prepared and served in Germany and Austria.

Turnips grow plentiful in summer, and there are not that many great recipes for them.

So, I came up with this shredded salad recipe, which by the way is a delight!

This salad can be served as a side dish salad and it comes with a simple dressing.

It's slightly crunchy in texture and the sharp raw turnip flavor is mellowed down by the oil and vinegar. It has got character!

Turnips are also low carb friendly and this salad is also vegan.

🧅 Ingredients

This is a quick overview to help you get going.

• turnips - fresh
• salt
• black pepper
• vinegar - apple cider vinegar, a flavored vinegar of your choice or regular synthetic kitchen vinegar
• oil - vegetable oil or cannola or sunflower

You can garnish your salad with freshly chopped chives or parsley.

🔪 How to make it?

The full recipe with ingredients and US and metric measurements is located further below in the recipe card.

Step 1

Separate turnip roots from the greens. You can make a soup with turnip greens.

Rinse turnips, peel and cut into large manageable chunks.

Step 2

Shred turnips.

Prepare the dressing by combining salt, black pepper, oil and vinegar.

Step 3

Pour dressing over shredded turnip and toss ingredients.

Garnish with chives or parsley.

🍱 Storing

The salad can be stored in your fridge for about 4-5 days in an airtight container.

I like to use transparent glass containers, that way I see the salad and I don't forget it.

This salad is great if you need to meal prep for the week.

🍴 Serving

The turnip salad is served in small portions.

I enjoy this salad with most German or Austrian main course meals or soups.

It can also be used the same way as you would enjoy a beetroot salad, with other Western main course meals.

Pork roasts, chicken roasts, clear soup and dumplings, fries and wieners, goulash soup, Schnitzel, pasta bake, you name it! Most main course meals a great with this basic side dish salad.

👁️ More Turnip Recipes

• Mashed Turnips
• Roasted Turnips

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