Kachumber Salad

Name: Kachumber Salad
Total time: 10 min
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cucumber, finely diced; 4 tomatoes, finely diced; 1 red onion, finely diced; 1 green chilli, finely chopped; 3 tbsp fresh coriander, chopped; 2 tbsp lemon juice; 0.5 tsp ground cumin; 0.5 tsp salt

A crunchy, tangy Indian chopped salad of cucumber, tomato and red onion with lemon and cumin.

Time10 min
LevelEasy
Costabout £0.59 a head

Cost is worked out from Aldi and Tesco shelf prices in October 2026. Your shop and brands will differ.

4 servings

Ingredients

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1cucumberfinely diced
4tomatoesfinely diced
1red onionfinely diced
1green chillifinely chopped
3 tbspfresh corianderchopped
2 tbsplemon juice
½ tspground cumin
½ tspsalt

Method

1
Put the cucumber, tomato, onion and chilli in a large bowl.
2
Add the coriander, lemon juice, cumin and salt.
3
Toss well and leave for 5 minutes so the juices run and the flavours mingle.
5 min
4
Taste and add more lemon or salt if you like.
5
Serve with curry, grilled meat or poppadoms.

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