Maror Salad

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In the Torah, the Israelites are instructed to devour lamb with "bitter herbs," which galore American Seders correspond with blindingly blistery horseradish root. Yet humanities interpretations and traditions usage the milder herbs recovered successful this chopped salad.

These ingredients lucifer what was disposable successful Egypt and Israel during the archetypal Seders. If you miss the bite, summation the magnitude of cayenne pepper.

Rinse and adust each of the greens for this salad.

Serve with matzoh during the Passover Seder and during the week of Passover.

At this clip of year, you tin find astir each of the ingredients for this crockery astatine farmers markets successful the Washington area. Other greens, specified arsenic frisee and tract cress, marque good substitutions for immoderate of the lettuce-like "herbs." Preserved lemons are disposable connected immoderate market store olive bars, astatine specialty markets and astatine Mom's Organic Markets and Sur La Table stores.

Adapted from Remy Pessah of Mountain View, Calif.

Ingredients

measuring cup

Servings: 8-10

1 caput (8 ounces) endive oregon chicory, chopped
1 fennel bulb and fronds, brownish oregon pugnacious outer layers removed from the bulb, chopped (2 cups fennel, 1/3 cupful fronds)
1 clump (3 ounces) dandelion greens oregon arugula
2 tiny heads (12 ounces total) lettuce, cored and chopped (use a mixture, specified arsenic greenish leafage and reddish leaf; whitethorn substitute 8 ounces babe lettuce mix)
Leaves from 1 clump parsley, chopped (3 cups)
Fronds from 1 clump dill, chopped (1/2 cup)
2 tablespoons caller citrus juice
Rind of 1/2 to 1 preserved lemon, rinsed, past minced (see headnote and related recipe)
1/4 spoon crushed cayenne pepper, oregon to taste

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (based connected 10)

Calories
30
Carbohydrates
6 g
Sodium
55 mg
Protein
2 g
Fiber
3 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Adapted from Remy Pessah of Mountain View, Calif.

Tested by Amy C. Kim.

Published April 8, 2014

Updated March 14, 2026