Salad
Kachumbari
- Preparation time
- 15 min
- Servings
- serves 4
Ingredients
serves 4
- Tomato — to buy3
- Red onion — to buy1
- Chili pepper — to buy1
- Fresh cilantro — to buy1 bunch
- Lime — to buy1
- Salt — to buy1 pinch
Preparation
Dice the tomatoes into small cubes and thinly slice the red onion.
Soak the sliced onion in a bowl of cold water for 5 minutes to soften its bite, then drain well.
Mix the tomatoes, onion, finely chopped chili and chopped coriander in a bowl.
Squeeze the lime over it, season with salt and mix gently.
Let it rest for 5 minutes in the fridge before serving: it is the fresh salad that goes with almost every grilled meal in Kenya.