Spicy Salsa

This is something I do as a side when I’ve got some strong flavours to compete with or when I’m doing a BBQ.  It makes a very nice addition to pasta, poppadoms or just for dipping tortilla chips and nachos, and I also use it for fajitas & tacos and alongside fish too, for example, grilled whole trout.

Ingredients

• 1 large tin Chopped Tomatoes (or about 250 g freshly chopped tomatoes)
• 1 Onion – finely chopped
• fresh Coriander – chopped
• fresh Mint – chopped
• drizzle of Olive Oil
• squeeze of Lemon or Lime juice
• a couple of freshly chopped chilli‘s (or substitute 1-2 tsp chilli power)

Method

• Roughly chop everything
• Combine ingredients in a dish
• Serve topped with a couple of fresh coriander or mint leaves
• or keep refrigerated until needed.

You can use just about any type of tomato in this, the salad tomatoes will produce more for less but the smaller cherry tomatoes add a nice flavour and some of them even add a little more kick to the dish.  If I’m using cherry tomatoes and they’re small enough I just quarter them instead of chopping them up.

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