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Top view of a grey bowl filled with mangoes, onions, tomatoes, cucumber and other vegetables to make kachumber
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How to Make Kachumber

A twist on the traditional Gujrati Kachumber salad.  This is a cucumber salad with mangoes and Indian spices
Course Side Dish
Cuisine Indian
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 2 minutes
Total Time 12 minutes
Servings 4 servings
Calories 57kcal
Author Healing Tomato

Ingredients

  • 1 mango diced
  • 1 cucumber diced, skin removed
  • 1/4 red onion julienne
  • 1 Thai green chili chopped
  • 1 tomatoes on the vine diced
  • 1.5 Tbsp cumin-coriander powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt adjust to taste
  • 1.5 tsp red chili powder I used the extra hot red chili powder.
  • 1.5 Tbsp lime adjutst to taste
  • Cilantro for garnish

Instructions

  • Take a fresh, clean bowl
  • Place all the ingredients in the bowl and mix well
  • Set aside for no more than 30 minutes
  • Serve with the main course meal

Video

Notes

- Make sure you use fresh mangoes and not frozen
- This kachumber salad is on the spicy side, so, be sure to adjust to your taste
- For the cucumber, this salad is better with the skin peeled off