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Moroccan Tomato Cucumber Salad Recipe

Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 8 minutes
Course Salad
Cuisine Moroccan
Servings 4

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 slat, 1/4 teaspoon black pepper, 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin (to taste)

Instructions
 

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.

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.

 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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