Kachumber Salad

5 from 13 votes

Kachumber Salad is a colorful salad of chopped raw veggies—chopped tomatoes, cucumbers, red onions, and chile peppers. It’s seasoned with fresh cilantro or coriander leaves, ground spices, and a squeeze of lemon juice or lime juice and makes a great side for Indian dishes from veggie curries to biryani.

Course Salad Recipes

Cuisine Indian

Keyword chopped salad, cucumber salad, indian salad

Prep Time 10

Total Time 10

Servings servings

Calories 31kcal

Author Robin Donovan

Equipment

Ingredients

1 ½ cups diced tomato
1 ½ cups diced cucumber
½ red onion finely chopped
1 to 2 green chillies such as jalapeno or serrano, finely chopped (remove seeds and ribs from the green chili if you want it less spicy)
¼ cup chopped cilantro coriander leaves
¼ teaspoon kosher salt
¼ teaspoon cumin powder
¼ teaspoon chaat masala
¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
¼ teaspoon Kashmiri chili powder
Lemon juice or lime juice from 1/2 of a lemon or lime

Instructions

In a large mixing bowl, combine all the vegetables (the tomato, cucumber, onion, and green chilli), cilantro, salt, cumin, chaat masala, black pepper powder, red chili powder, and fresh lemon juice or lime juice. Toss to mix well.
Serve immediately or let stand for 20 to 30 minutes, if desired, to let the flavors meld.

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