Taste Magazine
Login/Register
Menu
  • Home
  • Recipes
    • Breakfast
    • Lunch
    • Dinner
    • Starters
    • Mains
    • Desserts
    • Drinks
    • View all
  • Ingredients
    • Avocado
    • Apples
    • Beetroot
    • Broccoli
    • Cabbage
    • Chicken thighs
    • Mushrooms
    • Rice
    • View all
  • Dishes
    • South African
    • Braai
    • Hot dogs
    • Milk tart
    • Pasta
    • Plant-based
    • Quiche
    • View all
  • Occasions
    • Birthdays
    • Ramadan
    • Eid
    • Easter
    • Pesach
    • Diwali
    • Hanukkah
    • Christmas
    • New Year’s Eve
  • Popular
    • South African
    • Air fryer
    • Braai
    • Five-ingredients or less
    • 30 minutes or less
    • Great Value
  • Win
    • Competitions
    • Competition Winners
  • Culture
    • Articles
    • How To
    • Columns
    • Glossary
  • WList™ great value hub
  • Login
  • WCellar
  • Contact Us
Editor’s picks
Chicken-and-radish stew
Chicken recipes

Chicken-and-radish stew

35 minutes
Coconut and ginger sweet potato soup
Beans recipes

Coconut and ginger sweet potato soup

25 minutes
Tuna-and-fennel pasta
Canned food

Tuna-and-fennel pasta

20 minutes
  • Home
  • Recipes
  • cabbage
French peasant soup
Soup recipes

French peasant soup

Whole pear and red onion salad

Whole pear and red onion salad

Smoked chicken and chinese noodle salad

Smoked chicken and chinese noodle salad

Sweet and sour ostrich stir fry
Ostrich recipes

Sweet and sour ostrich stir fry

Cabbage pasta with lentils and chorizo
Lentil recipes

Cabbage pasta with lentils and chorizo

25 minutes
Stuffed cabbage leaves
Cabbage recipes

Stuffed cabbage leaves

15 minutes
Grilled chicken sausage on warm cabbage

Grilled chicken sausage on warm cabbage

15 minutes
Vietnamese chicken salad

Vietnamese chicken salad

20 minutes
Warm cabbage and blue cheese salad

Warm cabbage and blue cheese salad

5 minutes
Crispy salmon with creamy, lemony avocado coleslaw
Avocado recipes

Crispy salmon with creamy, lemony avocado coleslaw

20 minutes
Stir-fried asparagus and tofu on brown rice
Tofu recipes

Stir-fried asparagus and tofu on brown rice

10 minutes
Crunchy fresh cabbage and asparagus with a spicy dressing

Crunchy fresh cabbage and asparagus with a spicy dressing

Load more
  • Taste Magazine
  • shop online at woolworths. Shop Now
© 2025 Woolworths holdings limited. All rights strictly reserved.
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms & Conditions
  • New Media
Please login or register to favourite a recipe.
Login/Register

Crunchy fresh cabbage and asparagus with a spicy dressing

By Maranda Engelbrecht
4
Easy
10 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 medium cabbage
  • 200 g asparagus, thinly sliced
  • 2 red Thai chillies, deseeded and chopped
  • 4 T lemon juice
  • 1 T grated fresh ginger
  • 1 t fennel seeds
  • 1 t harissa paste (optional)

Method

Keep the two outer leaves of the cabbage for serving. Finely slice the cabbage with a sharp knife. Lightly toss it with the asparagus and chilli.

Spoon it into the outer cabbage leaves. Using a pestle and mortar, combine the lemon juice, ginger, fennel and harissa, and pour over as a dressing.

Per serving: 190kJ, 2.9g protein, 0.5g fat, 6.7g carbs

Nutritional benefits: Cabbage contains calcium, magnesium, potassium, phosphorous, betacarotene, folic acid and vitamins C and E. Eaten raw, it is said to detoxify the stomach and upper colon, and may improve digestion.

It may also aid the immune system and help fight viruses and bacteria, and has anti-cancer characteristics. Asparagus contains phosphorous, potassium, folic acid, betacarotene, vitamin C and asparagines, which stimulates the kidneys.

Cook's note: Harissa paste is a delicious North African spice mix. Find it at delis or farmer's markets or make your own at home.