Spicy Warm Roasted Tomato and Cumin Salad
Recipes

Spicy Warm Roasted Tomato and Cumin Salad

This salad is humble yet amazing. It looks great on the plate and I love the flavour combination of tomato...

Ingredients

  • 20 cherry tomatoes 

Key Spices

  • 1 tsp cumin seeds 
  • 1 tsp red chilli flakes 
  • 1 tsp coriander seeds 
  • 1/4 tsp black peppercorns 

Warming Spices

  • 1 tsp fennel seeds 

Other Spices

  • Pinch of asafoetida 
  • 1 tsp mango powder 

Wet Ingredients

  • 2 tbs vegetable oil 
  • 2 tsp pulped garlic 
  • 1 tbs white wine vinegar 
  • 1 tsp grated jaggery 
  • 1 medium sized onion, diced finely 
  • 1 tsp pulped ginger 
  • to taste Sea salt 
  • Small bunch of coriander, chopped 

Method

  1. Place a small dry frying pan on a low heat, add the key spices and fennel seeds, and warm for 1 minute.
  2. Remove from the heat, place in a pestle and mortar, grind to a powder and set aside.
  3. Heat the oil in a sauté pan on a medium heat, add the asafoetida and allow to sizzle, then immediately add the onion and salt, and sauté until golden-brown for about 5 minutes.
  4. Add the garlic, ginger, white wine vinegar, jaggery, the contents of the pestle and mortar and mango powder, then sauté on a low heat for 5 minutes. Stir in the cherry tomatoes and turn the heat to a high simmer, cook the tomatoes until they start to blister. Remove from the heat, add the fresh coriander and serve.