Salata

A chopped Salad with Chiles and Cilantro

This salad is much like a fresh salsa, eaten with An excellent salad to be served with rice dishes, it can be mixed with yogurt as a complement to Samboosa, or eaten with bread and olive oil laced with balsamic vinegar. This salad is most often served with lunch along with a meat and rice dish or stew and bread.

Ingredients 

• 5 Roma Tomatoes, chopped
• 1 Cucumber (medium) chopped fine
• 1 onion, chopped
• 3 cloves of garlic (adjust to taste), minced or chopped very fine
• 1 green chile, seeded*** and minced very fine (Jalapeno's work very well, and adjust to taste)
• 1 bunch of fresh Cilantro or Parcely, minced or chopped in a food processor very fine
• ***Optional - 1/2 to 1 cup of Feta Cheese (drained well) can be previously marinated in olive oil for more taste
• Juice of one lemon

*** If you are making a sauce for Samboosa, omit the Feta and mix the ingredients with Yogurt