Kachumber – Simple Mixed Vegetable Salad

Kachumber is a Simple Mixed Vegetable Salad that can be made is about 10 minutes. They are commonly served in Indian restaurants. Traditionally they are a cucumber, tomato, and onion salad.

The name Kachumber was enough to draw attention. I have eaten this salad many times in Indian restaurants but have never known it by its name. There have been very few times when I was able to eat this fresh in restaurants.

Usually, the vegetables are chopped and seasoned a while ago and are sitting in their juices for a long time. That makes the salad sort of soggy and it loses its freshness.

For this week's theme, I was looking at some Indian salads to go as a side and this name caught my attention. When I read through a few blogs, I realized that this is the same one that I have seen in restaurants.

I wanted to make this Mixed Vegetable Salad for lunch and just to make it a little more fun, I decided to julienne the vegetables instead of chopping them. This helped in enhancing the crunchiness of the salad and I loved having a forkful of combined flavors.

Adding salads to our everyday meals helps a lot in controlling weight and it is a wonderful way to include a wide range of vegetables in our diet. Keeping the salads simple makes it easier for us to make them every day.

Kachumber is traditionally a cucumber, tomato, and onion salad, but I have used some carrots and bell peppers as well. Also, I have used a mix of roasted cumin and pepper powder for seasoning. I usually have a jar of ground cumin and pepper to use for Ven Pongal and that is what I used in the salad.

Preparation time - 10 minutes
Cooking time - none
Difficulty level - easy

Ingredients to make Kachumber - serves 4

• Onion - ½ of a medium one (thinly sliced)
• Tomato - 2 (deseeded and julienned)
• Carrot - 1 (julienned)
• Bell pepper - ½ (julienned)
• Cucumber - 1 small (julienned)
• Lemon juice - 1 tablespoon (or to taste)
• Coarsely ground roasted cumin powder - 1 tsp
• Coarsely ground roasted black pepper - ½ tsp
• Salt - to taste

Procedure to make Mixed Vegetable Salad

• Chop all the vegetables and add it to a large bowl.

• Add the seasonings and lemon juice along with salt needed and toss well to combine.

• Chill the Kachumber for about ½ hour and serve.

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