Red Radish Salad with a creamy yogurt and poppy seed dressing makes a delicious, tangy and crisp salad that you can pair with any meal. I can eat this all year round!
Do you love Turkish kebabs? This radish salad is an mezze type of salad. So serve it as a side dish for your kebabs!
Greek yogurt and lemon juice give the salad a nice tang. You can use as much dressing as you like. I love to add extra when eating it. This is a super easy and quick kind of a salad with 6 simple ingredients.
Chop or slice the red radish as you desire and make the dressing by combining Greek yogurt, lemon, poppy seeds, fresh dill and salt. Toss the chopped radish and serve it in a large bowl. We love this as much as our ultimate winter salad, yogurt coleslaw without mayo.
There is a saying in Turkish. You say “I am as strong as a radish” (turp gibiyim) which means you don’t have any health problems. I don’t know why this cute vegetable is chosen for this idiom, maybe it is because of its hard texture, which is not easy to mash when raw. Maybe it’s because it has several health benefits.
Red radish always reminds me of winter, it is like the symbol of this season. And we love to eat it raw as a side dish. Even we have a green salad on the table, sliced radish often accompanies. Sometimes when we don’t have enough time to prepare a big salad with many ingredients, just a simple radish salad accompanies our dinner. These pink beauties will make your dinner healthier and tastier, so try it! You can make this salad with whatever type of radish you have on hand.
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📖 Recipe
Red Radish Salad
A refreshing red radish salad to accompany winter dishes.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 10 minutes
- Yield: 2 1x
- Category: Salad
- Method: Mixing
- Cuisine: Turkish
Ingredients
- 1 and ½ cups radishes
Dressing:
- ½ cup Greek yogurt
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh dill
- ½ lemon, squeezed
- 1 tablespoons poppy seeds
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Slice radishes as you desire, but not very thick (I prefer not peeling them as I love their color).
- Prepare the dressing by combining all ingredients for dressing in a large bowl.
- Toss the radishes and serve.
Nutrition
- Serving Size:
- Calories: 103
- Sugar: 3 g
- Sodium: 1198.1 mg
- Fat: 5.5 g
- Carbohydrates: 6.5 g
- Protein: 8 g
- Cholesterol: 9.3 mg
The Mom Chef says
Like you, I grew up with radishes on the table as a side item. Same with green onions. I've never seen a radish salad like this before and am drawn to it. Your photo is superb and catches the beauty and purity of the radish perfectly. Now I need to go buy some!
sophistimom says
Beautiful. Radishes aren't used enough, are they? they're so beautiful, though.
A Canadian Foodie says
Stunning. Laura Caulder cooks them, too! Looks fab and is certainly easy!
Hester Casey - Alchemy says
What a pretty, delicate salad. I love the colours and the complementary flavours you've chosen to go with the pepperiness of the radish.
Tiffany says
That is a beautiful salad! Radishes always remind me of being a little girl and eating them right out of my Grandmas garden......... I still love them!
Joy says
This is a lovely salad. It is perfect for spring time.
irena says
Love the salad, presentation and everything, so good:)
Alicia Ghio says
So simple and so beautiful.
Lin Ann says
I love radishes and this looks delicious and beautiful!
Faith says
Your salad is so beautiful, Zerrin! What a great saying, it reminds me of the expression "I'm as healthy as a horse"...but I like your radish saying better! 🙂
Medeja says
In Lithuanian we have same saying too 🙂 I miss such little fresh radishes..didn't notice them here somehow..
Erika says
I make a radish salad just like this - lemon, olive oil and salt. It's one of our favorites. Hooray for the radish!
Kate @ Diethood.com says
Oh I'm drooling over that photo...it's Beautiful!
sophia says
I didn't grow up eating radishes, but I did grow up eating the Asian radish, or daikon. I loved eating it raw...so refreshing. Also loved it stewed with mackerel!
Adriana says
What a simple, great idea. I have two radishes in my fridge and will be making this tomorrow. Love the picture too!