Kachumbari is an amazing Tanzanian salad that brightens any dish. Traditionally, ingredients include chopped cucumbers, sweet pepper, carrot and onion. In my recipe, I add cilantro, scotch bonnet pepper and lime juice for a spicy "pickling" of the fresh vegetables. It was *PERFECT* on top of boiled farm-fresh cassava or mix together for a "chow" style dish. Enjoy!
| Servings | Prep Time |
| 8 people | 20 minutes |
| Cook Time |
| 20 minutes |
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Kachumbari is an amazing Tanzanian salad that brightens any dish. Traditionally, ingredients include chopped cucumbers, sweet pepper, carrot and onion. In my recipe, I add cilantro, scotch bonnet pepper and lime juice for a spicy "pickling" of the fresh vegetables. It was *PERFECT* on top of boiled farm-fresh cassava or mix together for a "chow" style dish. Enjoy!
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Ingredients
Produces
- 1 lb cassava
- 2 ea carrot
- 2 ea cucumbers de-seeded
- 2 ea red onion
- 5 ea plum tomatoes
- 1 ea sweet pepper, green
- 1/2 cup cilantro
- 3 ea limes
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 ea scotch bonnet chili
Spices
- 1 tsp Salt (Kosher or sea salt preferred)
- 1/2 tsp cane sugar
Servings: people
Instructions
Boil Cassava
- Wash and dry all produces Peel cassava. Cut in large quarters. In large pot, cover cassava pieces with 1 inch of water and bring to a boil. Add 2 tsp salt. Boil for 15-20 minutes or until cassava is easily pierced with a fork.
Prep Vegetables
- Peel outer layer of carrots and slice in rounds. Peel outer layer of red onions and thinly slice. Dice cucumbers Dice green sweet pepper by cutting in strips then cutting horizontally in cubes. De-seed and dice plum tomatoes. Mince garlic and chop cilantro. Slice scotch bonnet chili in half.
Prepare Salad
- Add all chopped vegetables in a bowl. Add the juice of the 3 limes, 1 tsp salt and 1/2 tsp sugar. Mix well and and season to taste with additional salt. Set aside and allow flavors to meld for about 10 minutes. Remove the scotch bonnet chili or mince and stir into vegetables for spicier salad.
Serve
- Place cassava in bowl and top with the delicious kachumbari salad. Top with additional cilantro and enjoy!
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