Onion Salad

 

Serves 4

* 2 mild salad onions

* salt

* 1 tbsp dried tamarind pulp

* 1-2 tbsp palm sugar or brown sugar

* 2 firm red tomatoes, seeded and diced

* 2 fresh green chillies, seeded and sliced

* chopped fresh mint or coriander leaves

Peel onion, lengthways, then slice very thinly crossways.

Put into a bowl, sprinkle with salt, mix lightly and leave for

at least 30 minutes. Rinse in cold water. Drain. Pour 1/3 cup

 very hot water over tamarind pulp and when cool enough

to handle, squeeze to dissolve pulp to strain through a fine nylon sieve and 

discard seeds and fibers. Stir in sugar. Combine

all ingredients and mix thoroughly. Chill and serve sprinkle

with fresh herbs as an accompaniment to rice and curry meals.