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chopped salad with peanuts

This no-cook salad brings sweet, sour and heat flavours. It's a lovely lunch for one or a side dish to go with rice and curry for two.

Ingredients

    • 1 tomato, finely chopped
    • 4 tbsp finely chopped cucumber
    • 1 green chilli, finely chopped
    • 2 tbsp finely chopped onion
    • handful coriander leaves and stalks, chopped
    • 2 tbsp salted peanuts, roughly chopped
    • 1 heaped tbsp desiccated coconut
    • ¼ tsp grated ginger
    • salt, to taste
    • 1 tsp vegetable oil
    • ¼ tsp black mustard seeds
    • few curry leaves
    • 1 tbsp lemon juice, or to taste

Directions

  1. To make the salad, mix together all the ingredients in a bowl.
  2. To make the spice mixture, heat the oil in a small pan and add the mustard seeds. Once they begin to splutter, add the curry leaves and remove from the heat. Add the lemon juice and stir.
  3. To serve, pour the spice mixture over the salad and stir to coat. Taste and adjust the seasoning if necessary.