Sunday, 14 September 2014

Recipe #26 Balsamic Side Salad

Shopping list


  • 1 cucumber
  • 3 tomatos
  • 1 onion
  • 1 garlic clove
  • handful of coriander leaves
  • 2 bell peppers
  • olive oil
  • balsamic vinegar
  • salt & pepper
  • juice of 1 lemon
  • sprinkle of soy sauce
  • sprinkle of sugar



Method

You can roast the peppers or leave them raw.
To roast place them on a oven tray with olive oil drizzled and leave them around 25 min on 200oC.
Let them cool.

Chop the peppers, tomatoes, onion and coriander.
Peel the cucumber and with a peeler start cutting the cucumber with the peeler. You will have very fine slices of cucumber (don't use the interior of the cucumber, its too juicy)
Add the lemon and mash the garlic glove.
Add 3 tablespoons of olive oil and 3 tablespoons of balsamic vinegar. Salt and freshly grounded pepper. To finish sprinkle sugar and a bit of dark soy sauce if you like it.
mix well and serve as a side dish.

Goes very well with falafel. You can add black olives (chopped) or some cold couscous, as below.