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Salads with vegetables, chicken, seafood or beef — side or light meal.

Tanzanian kachumbari salad — onion, tomato, coriander and lime. Pairs with nyama choma and pilau.

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Ingredients

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Serves 4 Prep 15 min Cook 15 min Calories ~474 kcal
  • 1 large Red onion
  • 3 large Tomatoes
  • 1 cup Fresh coriander
  • 2 Limes
  • 1 Fresh chili
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • pinch Black pepper
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How to cook Salad

Tanzanian kachumbari salad is raw onion, tomato, coriander and lime — the essential side for nyama choma, pilau and fish. Daily on home and restaurant tables. Kachumbari is mandatory coastal accompaniment.

  1. Dice onion very fine or slice thinly.
  2. If onion is sharp, soak in cold salted water 10 minutes, drain.
  3. Dice tomatoes, discard excess seeds and juice.
  4. Chop coriander leaves, discard thick stems.
  5. Mince fresh chili finely.
  6. Combine onion, tomato, coriander and chili in a bowl.
  7. Squeeze lime juice over everything.
  8. Toss with spoon or hands, add salt and pepper.
  9. Rest salad 5 minutes before serving.
  10. Serve with nyama choma, pilau, fish or mishkaki.

Tips

  • Tanzanian kachumbari has oil — lime and salt are the dressing.
  • Watery tomatoes make soggy kachumbari.
  • Briefly soaked onion tastes milder.

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Frequently asked questions

Jinsi ya kupika salad?
Mapishi ya Salad yapo hapa chini — hatua 10 za kupika nyumbani, pamoja na viungo na vidokezo.
Viungo vya salad ni vipi?
Orodha kamili ya viungo na vipimo iko kwenye sehemu ya Viungo hapa chini.
Salad in English ni nini?
Salad pia hujulikana kama Kuku Panda, Kishingo Rasta, Kishingo Rijali — mapishi ya Tanzania kwenye Ladha za Tanzania.

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