For enough salad for 4, mix together two medium cucumbers, three tomatoes, 1 small onion, 1 small green bell pepper (all chopped fine), 3-4 tablespoons of peanut powder and season with salt to taste and enough sugar and lime juice (of one small lime) for a tangy well-balanced sweet ‘n sour taste.
And that’s it! A great salad that is really versatile and an excellent accompaniment for main course dishes like biryanis, pulavs, bhaaths, kheema, rajma… Remember to season about 10 minutes before eating so that the sugar and lime juice get a little while to mingle well with the veggies – or “for all of them to become buddies”, as Indira likes to joke 🙂
And the little bit of tangy juice formed and left at the bottom of the bowl, once the salad’s been eaten, is almost the best part of this dish!