Burnt tomato salad

My sister got married 2 weeks ago today (aww ma sha allah), so our little family went a visiting (as you do).

Her husbands brother-in-law made a tomato salad for us where he used fried dried chillies. It burnt my husband's mouth off but it was such a lovely salad, i thought i would do my own interpretation of it (minus too much spice).

I would say it is also reminiscent of salads in Bangladesh because there is no cucumber or lettuce in it, embellishments added in salads in the UK.

I used:

2 large, firm tomatoes
1 large red onion, very finely chopped
3 cloves garlic
Salt to taste
2 green chillies
Finely chopped coriander

Take the tomatoes and using a fork, put them one by one on a flame and burn the skin all over.

Do the same with the cloves of garlic.

Allow to cool slightly.

Then chop the tomatoes very finely, and put into a bowl. Add the onions.

Finely chop the garlic. Put the salt on top of the garlic and mash it with the side of a knife or back of a spoon. Add this mix to the bowl.

Slice the chillies lengthways in half and then chop finely. Add to the salad.

Finally add in your finely chopped coriander to the salad and using your fingers, mix and break up the tomatoes very well.

And that's it! If you can handle your spice, definitely try the fried dried chillies. It adds an extra dimension of smokiness and also increases your metabolism! What a great tasting way to lose weight :)

Enjoy!

Yaz ♥