Green tomato salad

Name: Green tomato salad
Cuisine: Burmese
Ingredients: 1 tbsp caster sugar; 1 clove garlic, crushed; 1 tbsp fish sauce; 2½ tbsp lime juice, plus ½ tsp finely grated zest; 4 pink shallots or 1 small red onion, finely sliced; 4 green tomatoes, cut into wedges; 4 tiny red or green chillies, sliced; 4 pink shallots or 1 small red onion, finely sliced; 3 kaffir lime leaves, very finely shredded, or a handful of chopped fresh coriander; 4 tiny red or green chillies, sliced; peanut (groundnut) oil; 3 kaffir lime leaves, very finely shredded, or a handful of chopped fresh coriander; 3 tbsp toasted crushed peanuts

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Food and Travels

By Alastair Hendy

Published 2004

About

Firm under-ripe red tomatoes could be used instead of green.

Ingredients

1 clove garlic, crushed
1 tbsp caster sugar
2½ tbsp<

Asia
Myanmar (Burma)
Gluten-free
Pescatarian
South East Asia

Method

Mix the garlic with the sugar, lime juice, zest and fish sauce until the sugar has dissolved, then toss through the tomatoes, shallots, chillies and shredded lime leaves or chopped coriander. Leave to sit for 20 minutes or so, then serve, splashed with a little peanut oil and drenched with peanuts.