Kachumbari

Kachumbari

Kachumbari
Course	Salad
Region or state	African Great Lakes
Main ingredients	Tomato, onion,
Ingredients generally used	Chilli and salt
Variations	Lime/lemon juice, coriander, parsley, cucumber, avocado, gin, vodka
Similar dishes	Pico de gallo, salsa fresca
Cookbook: Kachumbari  Media: Kachumbari

Kachumbari is a fresh tomato and onion salad dish that is popular in the cuisines of the African Great Lakes region. It is an uncooked salad dish consisting of chopped tomatoes, onions, and chili peppers (and salt to taste). Variations of Kachumbari can be found in Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, Burundi and in central African countries of Malawi and Congo. In Latin America, it is a variation of pico de gallo, or salsa fresca.

The Swahili word Kachumbari originated from the word Koshumbri or "Kachumber" in Sanskrit from India.

Uses

Kachumbari is used like a salad side dish for a main meal.

In Kenya, it is used as a condiment served with pilau (pilaf),^[1] mukimo,^[2] or a meal of nyama choma (roasted meat) and ugali. In Tanzania, it is eaten with rice pilau or biryani. In Malawi, it is usually eaten on its own like any other salad dish while in Uganda it is normally eaten with nyama choma.

Variations

Other ingredients like lime or lemon juice, fresh cilantro (coriander or dhania), parsley, avocado or cucumber, and in some cases gin or vodka, can also be added. Some recipe variations also call for Habanero chili peppers or Scotch Bonnet peppers, with a touch of ground cayenne pepper.^[3]

Kachumbari is popular throughout the African Great Lakes region and can be eaten with African Pilaf rice and African Biryani.

• In some countries in the region, like Uganda and Rwanda, it is known as Kachumbari.
• In Malawi (central/southern Africa), the salsa sauce is called 'Sumu' or 'Shum' or simply 'tomato and onion salad'.
• In the eastern (Swahili-speaking) Congo (central Africa) it is known as Kachumbari.

See also

• List of African dishes
• List of onion dishes
• Israeli Salad
• Shirazi salad

References

External links

• Entry for Kachumbari from Congocookbook.com

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