The Nigerian vegetable salad is number one on the list of Nigerian healthy foods.
I realized that most Nigerians shy away from these natural foods and chose to spend more money on processed foods probably because they are often wrangled in extra sweetener and ready to be taken.
I made a decision at some point to have at least a plate of vegetable salad in place of one meal weekly. Vegetable salads will detoxify your body, improve your digestive capability, make you feel lighter and even make you think smarter.
I have noticed that vegetables, when eaten in large quantity sought of awaken my neural pathway.
I am talking about raw vegetables and also some less sugary fruits, like cucumbers and water melon.
It is served in Nigeria alongside jollof rice or fried rice
There are basically two types of salads that are popularly eaten in Nigeria, Salads happens to be one of the healthiest set of foods that I know, especially the vegetable salad, I also like the fruit salad but this is by no means in comparison with the former.
What you find below is a plate of vegie salad, it looks delicious right? You can serve it this way or serve with any one of the rice meals.
Below are the ingredients used in making Nigerian Vegetable salads, you can double or reduce it, depending on the number of people you are looking to serve.
Ingredients For Nigerian Salads
- Medium size cabbage
- 4 medium size carrot
- lettuce leaves
- 2 cups of chopped green beans
- half cup peas (optional)
- 3 cooked eggs
- one can of baked beans
- 2 big size of cucumber
- salad cream (heinz, BAMA mayonnaise)

Preparation: chop the carrot /green beans/cucumber and set aside in different bowls, I like to peel off the green back of cucumbers and also remove the center seeds, you will learn how this is done by watching how I made salad via the video below.
Slice the cabbage too in a different tray (we use tray often in our home), slice the lettuce leaves, boil the eggs and remove the shell (2-3 eggs).
You then need to soften the cabbage, green beans, carrot and peas, most of the times we boil carrot, green beans and peas together and soak the cabbage in hot water for a minute.
Here is how it is done, add the carrot, green beans and peas to boiling (small) water, and allow to simmer on low heat for 3-4 minutes (this is to soften them a little, this practice is elaborated in the video below) heat water to 100 degree celcious (boiling point) and pour into the sliced cabbage in a bowl, allow for a minute then drain.
Also drain the carrot/green beans, peas and set aside in a bowl, now you are ready for the mixing part.
Most people choose to mix salad in a large plate/bowl or a tray.
The mixing is simple: sprinkle a handful of cabbage on the tray, and then sprinkle the carrot/green beans/peas, also the lettuce leaves and keep repeating the process until they are all in one place.
Then slice the egg and drop on the top of the salad. (the egg is mostly for decoration) The final mixing is done as people dish out the salad; you add the salad cream and baked beans. It is good for these two to be separate to avoid getting soured over a long period of time.
Nigerian vegetable salad is served best with either fried rice or jollof rice; it is also very delicious when served alone.
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Video For Vegetable Salad
This is just how to prepare vegetable salad, the video below will help you understand better, you also get to see all the ingredients used for making salad.Still on healthy Nigerian foods, try our Vegetable Soup – Vegetable Salad
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February 17, 2019
This is a nice style…will try it out soon.
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February 15, 2019
Thanks for the recipe more of it ma
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January 19, 2019
Thanks for the hygiene tips about soaking salad in warm water and carrot.
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January 13, 2019
Thanks for this great piece
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January 12, 2019
Tnx for this
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November 23, 2018
I’m a man i love cooking alot. Thanks on your cooking lesson
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July 21, 2018
madam Chi thanks and God blessed you more i followed your method of this veg salad in one of my event last months and it was exceptional and the whole guest asked for more because served it with BBQ meat stack
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July 20, 2018
Nice piece just watching it am salivating already. Thumbs up for u
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July 20, 2018
Love this method,God bless
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January 7, 2018
Thumbs up on your recipe. But I was wondering why one would make a healthy salad and spoil it with d processed baked beans and the fatty mayonnaise. It’s a vegetable salad Pls. Ever heard of olive oil?
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January 2, 2018
what about the mayonnaise?
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August 28, 2017
This is great, I have learn new way of preparing vegetable salad by boiling carrot/Green beans and peas, lovely. very good and more encouraging. thanks.
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June 21, 2017
You are doing a great job. I loooove your recipies. Thanks
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April 24, 2017
I AM SO BLESS TO BE IN CONTACT WITH YOU HOW CAN I GET THE BOOK PLEASE .
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April 24, 2017
THANKS SO SO MUCH GOD BLESS
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March 25, 2017
Please which salad is irish patatoes, marcronise, farrows added.
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March 23, 2017
I have been thinking of what to prepare for my son’s dedication this Sunday. You have just given me an expo. I will simply prepare fried rice and salad with your recipe. Daalu
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February 1, 2017
Madam….see eeh God will bless you immensely…I really appreciate you and all your dope teaching techniques