Tomato salad with lime and cardamom yogurt

Name: Tomato salad with lime and cardamom yogurt
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Middle Eastern
Ingredients: 1/4 cup/70g Greek-style yogurt; 1 and 3/4 cups oz/50g soft, rindless goat cheese; 1/2 small garlic clove crushed; table salt; 2 limes: finely zest to get 1 tsp, then juice to get 4 1/2 tsp; 15 cardamom pods, pods discarded and seeds finely crushed 3/4 tsp; 18 oz ripe, sweet cherry tomatoes, halved; 1 large shallot, finely sliced (1/3 cup); 1/4 cup/60ml olive oil; ½ cup/10g mint leaves roughly torn; Half a pomegranate; 1 Serrano pepper

4 steps

Tomato Salad with lime AND CARDAMOM YOGURT This recipe has some useful takeaways. First, the timeless combination of tomatoes and shallots, which is the base for an infinite number of summery salads; the simplest of which involves only a drizzle of oil and a splash of vinegar. Then there's the dressing made by mixing together yogurt, soft goot cheese, and garlic; it's great for a potato or cucumber salad (just add some lemon juice and olive oil). Finally, the tomato, lime, and cardamom might not be a familiar combination but we absolutely adore it, either in a salad like this one or when cooked together, as in sweet potato in tomato, the lime zest, half the crushed lime, and cardamom sauce (page 131). We urge you to try it. Serve with bread to soak up the tomato juices.

Updated at: Tue, 26 Dec 2023 02:41:41 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Good

Glycemic Index

Low

Glycemic Load

Low

Nutrition per serving

Calories240.8 kcal (12%)

Total Fat19.2 g (27%)

Carbs14.7 g (6%)

Sugars7.5 g (8%)

Protein5.5 g (11%)

Sodium269 mg (13%)

Fiber3.8 g (14%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

4 servings

¼ cupGreek-style yogurt

50ggoat cheese

0.5garlic clove

finely zest to get 1 tsp, then juice to get 4 1/2 tsp

15cardamom pods

pods discarded and seeds finely crushed

18 ozcherry tomatoes

⅓ cupshallot

¼ cupolive oil

0.5pomegranate

Instructions

Step 1

1. In a large bowl, combine the yogurt, goat cheese, garlic, and a pinch of salt until smooth.

Step 2

Add half cardamom, and half the chile and stir to mix.

Step 3

In a separate bowl, mix together the tomatoes, shallot, lime juice, 2 tbsp of the olive oil, and 1/2 tsp salt with the remaining lime zest, cardamom, and chile, then add the yogurt mixture and mint.

Step 4

Gently mix everything together but not completely; you want to see the red of the tomatoes and the green of the mint in places. Transfer to a platter, drizzle with the remaining 2 tbsp of olive oil.