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Kuwaiti Salad

Cool cucumber and tomatoes pieces in a simple dressing.
This is a Kuwaiti dish.
The quantities below make 4 generous portions.

Ingredients

1 whole cucumber
3 medium tomatoes
1 small salad onion
1 large bunch flat leaf parsley
1 FAIRTRADE lemon
Zaytoun FAIRTRADE Palestinian olive oil
to taste salt
to taste FAIRTRADE freshly ground black pepper
FAIRTRADE Sources
Fresh food
Lemons
Herbs and Spices
Olive Oil

Method

Preparation

Wash and dice the cucumbers and tomatoes.
Juice the lemon.
Skin the onion and chop fine.
Chop the parsley.

Assembly

Put the onion, tomatoes and cucumber in a salad bowl and turn gently.
Mix the salt, lemon juice and oil in a small bowl.
Add the chopped herbs and turn, and then pour the dressing over the salad ingredients and turn until coated.
Chill in the fridge until needed.

To serve

Divide the salad into portions into separate side bowls for each person.

Variations

Parsley is traditional but we enjoyed this with mixed mint and rosemary.