Moroccan Tomato Cucumber Salad
Morocco News Tribune
Ingredients
0.6 pound (300 grams) fresh tomatoes
1 cucumber
1 small sweet yellow onion
2 tablespoon finely chopped cilantro
Juice of 1 lemon (to taste)
Peel of 1 quarter preserved lemon (optional)
1 tablespoon olive oil
Spices: 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon black pepper, 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin (to taste)
Directions
Step 1: Preparing the Ingredients
* The secret of the salad is how small you can chop the tomatoes, cucumber, and onion. When they are chopped into small pieces, then you get all of them in a bit and it makes a huge difference!
* Chop the tomatoes (with the skin), the cucumber, and yellow onion into very small pieces.
* Chop the preserved lemon peel (not the pulp) into very small pieces. If you dont have preserved lemon you can just skip it.
Step 2: Mixing the Ingredients
* In a large bowl, mix all the ingredients together: tomatoes, cucumber, onion, preserved lemon peel, lemon juice, chopped cilantro, olive oil, and spices. Mix well. Taste and adjust the spices accordingly.
Step 3: Serving the Salad
* You can serve the salad in a bowl along with French baguette or Moroccan bread.
* You can make it look fancy by plating it using a large cookie cutter that you put on a plate, fill it with the salad, pack, then slowly remove the cookie cutter. The salad will be shaped nicely.
Bon Appetit!
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