Kachumber Salad is a recipe that is served alongside many Indian dishes. It is a fresh, cooling salad consisting of cucumbers, tomatoes, onions, lemon juice, cumin and sometime chilli too. It can be adapted easily to increase/decrease flavours according to your taste.
Kachumber Salad
Today’s recipe is a simple one for a refreshing, crunchy and cooling side salad that we make in our home every single day. It is made up of diced cucumber, tomato, red onions, green chilli and has a dressing of salt, pepper, lemon, mint, coriander, cumin. That being said, this is a recipe that you can chop and change as you like. I have listed some variations below.
Kachumber Salad is delicious served with papadums and dips and is often served that way in restaurants.
Ingredients
Here are the few simple ingredients that you need:
- Tomatoes – Ripe Tomatoes that are a little firm but yielding slightly to the touch and fragrant.
- Cucumbers– choose firm, smooth-skinned cucumbers.
- Red onions- choose firm and smooth looking onions. Tip: if you find that they are too acrid for you, soak/run under water for a bit.
- Salt – I use Himalayan Pink Salt but any fine Salt will do.
- Pinch of Caster Sugar – This is optional and only if needed.
- Cumin – Ground Cumin adds a warmth. You can use roasted Cumin Seeds instead or leave it out.
- Lemon Juice – You can also use Lime.
- Mint – A few chopped leaves add a freshness.
- Coriander – 1 tbsp of chopped leaves adds a citrus flavour.
- Green Chilli – This is an optional add in. You can add 1/2 tsp Red Chilli Powder instead.
How to make it
- The base ingredients of tomatoes, cucumbers and red onions are diced/sliced finely and added to a bowl.
- For seasoning, a dash of salt is added.
- Mint, Coriander and Green Chilli are sliced finely and added to the bowl.
- To dress the salad, toss gently with lemon juice and cumin.
A few tips for how to make Kachumber Salad
- This salad is best served fresh but does keep well in the fridge in a covered bowl/airtight container for 2 days.
- You can remove some of the liquid from the tomatoes and onions by putting into a colander with a sprinkling of salt and setting aside for 10 minutes.
- You can wash the onions in a colander for 30 seconds to remove some of the acrid taste if it is too strong for you.
Recipe Adaptions
There are so many variations of Kachumber Salad:
For Veg, you can add:
Grated Carrots
Sliced Radish
Pomegranate
Cubed and Peeled Apple
Mixed Toasted Seeds
Chopped Nuts
Sliced Cabbage
Cubed Avocado
Sweetcorn Kernels
Diced Green/Red/Yellow Peppers
To the Dressing, you can add:
Vinegar or Lime Juice in place of Lemon Juice
Plain Yogurt
Chaat Masala
Toasted Cumin Seeds
Serve it with
This gorgeously vibrant salad works as a side dish to compliment just about any Indian recipe:
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Kachumber Salad
Kachumber Salad is a recipe that is served alongside many Indian dishes. It is a fresh, cooling salad consisting of cucumbers, tomatoes, onions, lemon juice, cumin and sometime chilli too. It can be adapted easily to increase/decrease flavours.
Ingredients
- ½ large Cucumber Diced
- 150 g Cherry, Plum or Normal Tomatoes Diced
- ½ Red Onion Sliced Finely
- ¼ tsp Salt
- 1 tbsp Mint Leaves Sliced Finely
- 1 tbsp Coriander Leaves Sliced Finely
- 1 Green Chilli Sliced Finely, Optional
- 1 tbsp Lemon Juice
- ¼ tsp Cumin Powder
- Pinch Sugar Optional
Instructions
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Combine tomatoes, cucumbers and red onions in a bowl.
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Season with Salt.
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Add Mint, Coriander and Green Chilli.
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Toss gently with lemon juice and cumin.
Recipe Notes
A few tips for how to make Kachumber Salad
- This salad is best served fresh but does keep well in the fridge in a covered bowl/airtight container for 2 days.
- You can remove some of the liquid from the tomatoes and onions by putting into a colander with a sprinkling of salt and setting aside for 10 minutes.
- You can wash the onions in a colander for 30 seconds to remove some of the acrid taste if it is too strong for you.
Recipe Adaptions
There are so many variations of Kachumber Salad:
For Veg, you can add:
Grated Carrots
Sliced Radish
Pomegranate
Cubed and Peeled Apple
Mixed Toasted Seeds
Chopped Nuts
Sliced Cabbage
Cubed Avocado
Sweetcorn Kernels
Diced Green/Red/Yellow Peppers
To the Dressing, you can add:
Vinegar or Lime Juice in place of Lemon Juice
Plain Yogurt
Chaat Masala
Toasted Cumin Seeds
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