Unsoy-Pear Salad

I’d been spending holidays in my hometown.  I call it my “super extended vacation”.  I stayed in Cavite from December 24 until January 9, went back to the city to teach a Saturday yoga class but as soon as I found out that January 17 is holiday, I packed my bag and was back home on January 14 for an extended Christmas vacation.

One thing I love about being in Indang, Cavite is I get to find vegetables that are never available in Quezon City.  One such vegetable is unsoy.  I asked my aunt for its English name and she said it’s coriander.  Still it’s different from the coriander that I find in Quezon City.  They smell the same but coriander has bigger leaves while unsoy has very thin leaves, more like pine trees, and they taste different too.  I love unsoy better.

I’ve always loved eating unsoy salad.  Normally, we eat it with onions and tomatoes.  Since, I couldn’t find tomatoes, I had to make do with left over fruits (the 12 +1 round fruits) from New Year.

So, here’s the recipe for this Unsoy-Pear Salad:

1 bunch unsoy, remove from the stem

1 pear, sliced thinly

1 onion, sliced thinly

Salad dressing:

1 TBS sesame oil

apple cider vinegar, to taste

2 tsp. Braggs liquid aminos

salt, to taste

pepper, to taste

Mix the unsoy, pear, and onion.  Mix the salad dressing ingredientss and drizzle on the unsoy mix.

Enjoy!

(I got so excited with the salad that I forgot to take a photo.  Borrowed photo online.)

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