Tomato salsa
The spicy tomato salsa recipe is another popular Mexican dip recipe prepared from red and juicy roasted tomatoes, garlic and onions.
Calories: 16kcal
Materials
- 3 medium Red tomatoes ripe and juicy
- 1 medium Onion
- 5 - 6 Garlic Cloves
- 2 tbsp Fresh coriander leaves roughly chopped
- 2 Dried red chillies I am using Kashmiri dried red chillies
- 5 - 6 Jalapeño slices
- 1 tsp Roasted cumin seeds You can use roasted cumin powder as well
- 2 tbsp Lemon juice
- 1 - 2 tbsp extra virgin Olive oil
- Salt per taste
Instructions
For roasting tomatoes:
- Firstly, heat a tawa or griddle on medium-high flame for roasting. Alternatively, you can roast in an oven as well.
- Place 3 tomatoes, 6 garlic cloves and 1 small onion on the tawa and roast on medium flame.
- Flip all the ingredients when roasted from 1 side and let it roast from other sides as well.
- Remove the onions and cloves of garlic from the tawa and continue to roast tomatoes.
- Roast tomatoes till it gets charred spots on all sides and turn off the flame. Let it cool down to room temperature.
- Now, transfer the roasted tomatoes, garlic and onion into the blender.
- Furthermore, add coriander leaves, jalapeño, roasted cumin seeds and dried red chillies.
- Add Lemon juice, olive oil and salt into the blender and blend it coarsely without adding any water.
- Finally, enjoy the delicious roasted tomato salsa recipe with Nachos and Doritos Chips.