This is a wonderful refreshing Indian salad that pairs really well with rich, spicy curries. Made with slices of juicy tomato, scattered with red onion, and drizzled with a mint dressing, then finished with a small pinch of garam masala. Serve this on the side of any Indian mains!
I feel like curry fanatics outside of India are familiar with well known Indian favourites like Butter Chicken, Tikka Masala, Goan Fish Curry and Biryani, but aren’t so familiar with Indian sides.
Given that I’ve embarked on a bit of an Indian curry mission, I’m going to share a handful of quick and easy vegetable sides for curries – starting with this Indian Salad with Tomato and Mint Dressing. Refreshing is the key here. Curries are flavour loaded and often quite rich, so we fresh sides are ideal!
VERSATILE INDIAN MINT DRESSING
The dressing here is simply Raita, thinned down slightly with water so it’s pourable. Raita is often served with this consistency anyway, rather than being thick and dollop-able.
Raita is a green mint yogurt sauce that is often served on the side of curries. Both yogurt and mint are ideal for cooling the palette in case you can’t handle the heat! 🔥🔥
The quantity of dressing here makes over a cup – enough to dress a salad, with plenty leftover to serve alongside your main. This Indian salad will be great with any Indian main dish. Enjoy! – Nagi x
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Indian Salad with Tomato and Mint Dressing
Ingredients
Salad:
- 3 large ripe tomatoes, , sliced into rounds
- 1/4 red onion , very thinly sliced
- 1 pinch of garam marsala , to taste (optional)
Raita Mint Dressing:
- 1 cup / 250g plain yoghurt
- 2 cups mint leaves
- 1 tbsp lemon juice , or to taste
- Couple of pinches of salt
- 1 tbsp+ water
Instructions
Dressing:
- Blitz ingredients in a food processor until it becomes a smooth, bright green sauce.
- Use extra water to thin to a pourable consistency.
Salad:
- Put the tomatoes in a bowl. Sprinkle with pinch of salt, mix with your hands and leave to rest for 10 minutes (extracts a bit of juice, makes them juicier).
- Drain the tomatoes. Mix with the onion in a serving bowl.
- Drizzle dressing over the tomato salad.
- Sprinkle with a pinch of garam marsala if desired.
Recipe Notes:
Nutrition Information:
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Hi, I cooked your Chicken Tikka Masala recipe last night, but substituted the 1/8 tsp of cayenne pepper with 1 tsp of Kashmiri Chilli Powder in the marinade and also just used 1 tsp of Kitchen King Masala spices, that I had purchased from a local Indian grocery store here in Bundaberg, for the curry sauce, . The end result was not that hot, but my wife thought the curry sauce was silky smooth and the best curry that I had cooked so far. Might turn up the heat a bit more on the next attempt.
I love this! We use the dressing even for just a regular everyday salad dressing
Tasted lovely and light but didn’t go green. Will make again for sure. Love Nagis recipes, they all turn out beautifully. My student son is also now a big fan.
Roping in the kids to cook! Well done!! N x
Very nice and cooling side for the Samosa pie!
Nice easy salad to go with curry thanks. Great idea with the raita, didn’t quite have enough mint leaves but still tasted yum.
We made this today, forgot about the onions and we went ‘light’ on the yoghurt. Also we didn’t blitz the mint leaves, so it looked more like a ‘farmer style’ salad. Still tasted very good, Next time we’ll probably do it slightly differently (as we are not the kind of person that follows recipes to the letter)….. This is a great side dish with curry and rice!
Hi Nagi can I use any mint leaves? I have applemint overgrowth in my garden and thought I’d better make use of them! Also just in general, any recommendations on what type of food processors I should use? Thanks
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Yep, that’s me, I can’t handle the heat. I would be the one shoving yogurt and mint in my mouth nonstop! 😂
Awwwe! Dozer has a friend! Now is it female or male friend?
Have a great day N!