Tunisian salad recipe (V)

This vegetarian and also vegan salad, typically found in Tunisia and Northern Africa is a delicious and very simple accompaniment to any meal.

Vary the amount of chilli to suit your personal taste.

Ingredients

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• 1 cucumber, peeled, deseeded and cut into small cubes
• 200 g cherry tomatoes, halved
• 1 green sweet pepper, roasted, deseeded and chopped finely
• A handful of spring onions, sliced on the diagonal
• ½ teaspoon freshly ground cumin seeds
• 1 fresh red chilli, deseeded and finely chopped

vinaigrette

• juice and zest from half a lemon
• sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 3 tablespoon olive oil

Method

1. Mix all of the ingredients in a serving bowl
2. Drizzle with olive oil, add the lemon zest and squeeze the lemon juice over the salad
3. Toss the ingredients to coat with the dressing
4. Season to taste
5. Chill for 30 minutes

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