This quick and easy Green Tomato Salad can be ready in just a few minutes. The fresh & tangy green tomato salad with onions is cooling on a hot summer’s day!
Who doesn’t love a fresh tasty salad along with their meal on any given day? And when it’s tangy, even better! Plain white rice and cooked yellow lentils, or cumin-fried rice and a tasty mutton curry, or a plate of fried kingfish with Indian veggies and also wholewheat rotis; these are just some of the options that this tangy onion salad can be paired with.
What Ingredients Do You Need For Green Tomato Salad?
All you need is a few green tomatoes, some onions – preferably red and spicy, pudina or fresh mint leaves, pepper powder, lemon juice, & a little bit of salt.
How To Make Green Tomato Salad?
Slice your onions into rings and the green tomatoes into thin round slices. Mix in a plate of flat dish and add some fresh mint leaves on top. Sprinkle with a little pepper powder and salt and drizzle with lemon juice. And voila, your green tomato salad is ready! Optionally, you can add all the ingredients to a tupperware bowl, close the lid and shake well before transporting it to the flat salad dish.
Green Tomato & Onion Salad
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Ingredients
- 2 Green Tomato
- 1 Onion One large or two small
- 1 Tablespoon Fresh Mint Leaves (Pudina)
- .5 teaspoon Pepper Powder Or crushed pepper
- .5 teaspoon Salt
- 1 teaspoon Lemon Juice
Instructions
- Cut the green tomatoes into thin slices.
- Cut the onions into rings.
- Add salt, lemon juice, and pepper powder.
- Mix in a closed container or glass bowl or Tupperware bowl and add fresh mint leaves on top.
- Move to a flat dish or salad plate and serve.
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Notes
- Use either lemon juice or lime juice. Both work.
- If you’re not too fond of onions, use only half an onion.
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Nutrition (Per Serving)
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Cooking Tips & Tricks
- Cut the onions into rings.
- Slice the tomatoes into thin round slices.
- Sprinkle pepper powder or you can also crush some whole pepper and use that.
- If you don’t have lemon juice, use lime juice.
- This tomato fresh fruit and veggie salad is vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free.
- If you’re not a fan of onions, use only half an onion.
- This is a simple Indian-style salad that my mom makes. It’s usually eaten in small quantities like we do aachar or pickle.
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What Other Salad Recipes Should I Try?
- Kachumber (not cucumber) Salad
- Pink Guava Salad
- Boiled Egg Salad
- Sirke Wala Pyaaz
- Raw Mango Kadmat Salad
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