Tomato and cucumber salad (kachoomar)

Credit: Feast

• serves

  4

• prep

  10 minutes

• difficulty

  Easy

Ingredients

1 tbsp lemon juice

2 tbsp vegetable oil

½ tsp ground cumin

4 tomatoes, roughly chopped

1 Lebanese cucumber, roughly chopped

½ small red onion, sliced

1 long red chilli, sliced

Instructions

Whisk the lemon juice, oil and ground cumin in a small bowl until combined. Season with salt and pepper. Place the tomatoes, cucumber, red onion and chilli in a bowl. Toss with the dressing until combined.

Serve with the roasted chilli yoghurt chicken (taj murgh musallam) and almond-stuffed meatballs with spiced tomato sauce (kofta kari).

As seen in Feast Magazine, Issue 12, pg76.

Photography by Armelle Habib

Cook's Notes

Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.