Cherry tomatoes are in abundance at the moment, 2000 for a giant basket full here in Oryu dong. Apart from roasting them and using them in salads my preferred use is to make Salsa. I miss being able to buy good quality fresh salsa from the supermarket, the stuff in the jar just doesn’t cut it so Ive been making my own healthy version all summer long.
Ingredients
500g cherry tomatoes
1/2 onion (red if you can find them)
1-3 chilli peppers ( I use 2 of the green ones)
2-5 cloves of garlic
1 green paprika pepper
6 green salad onions
The juice and zest of 1 lemon or 2 limes if you find them.
1 bunch of fresh leaf coriander or cilantro
A pinch of salt and pepper
1 tablespoon white sugar
Glug of olive oil
Directions
Chop the cherry tomatoes finely into about 8th or 16ths depending on how chunky you like it. Put them into a bowl with the salt pepper, olive oil, and sugar, this will help draw out the juices of the tomatoes. Meanwhile finely chop the chilli’s , green pepper salad onions, onion, garlic and cilantro and mix with the tomatoes. Stir in the lemon zest and juice and voilà. Serve with chips (I can recommend cheesy Doritos which have finally come to Korea- Yay) or vegetable crudities if your on a diet, which I almost always am.
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Sounds delish!! but where did you find the red onions and fresh coriander? :-)
The red onions are everywhere. The coriander is there if you look for it, ask in stores the korean name is go -sue. I got mine in kyungnidan, just near Itaewon.
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