The first time I had Nachos was in Cream Centre Chennai and I even tried recreating it at home so many years ago 🙂 Until then I didn’t even know the slight orangeish tomato dip existed 🙂 Within few weeks I tried recreating a low key Cheesy Nachos at home. You can check that Tomato Salsa recipe here. After moving to UK I was able to explore Mexican cuisine even better. ElMexicana and Chilango are the two places we frequently visit and can definitely say the recipe am sharing below tastes as good as the ones you get in those restaurants.
I used a mix of Cherry Tomatoes and Irish Vine Tomatoes. Cherry tomatoes add a lovely tangy taste and bright color to the Salsa.
You can use any variety of Tomatoes that are available in your region. The color of the Salsa depends on the variety of tomato you use.. I never add ready made Tomato Paste or Canned Tomatoes to my Salsa recipe. Am used to making it with fresh Tomatoes. However you can follow the same recipe below and try it with canned tomatoes as well.
Salsa tastes good for upto a week if stored in refrigerator. I usually make small batch and try to finish it off within a day or two. The salsa can be used as a Dip with Nachos chips, in Burrito bowls, add it even to our Regular Rotis 🙂 I made a Bajra Flour Chapathi Taco recently. Added this Salsa in it. Tasted so good 😋😋
Few weeks back I made a full Mexican Feast for our lunch. I couldn’t take step by step pics 🙂 Have added the recipes of Guacamole, Lemon Coriander Rice and Bean Chili as well. Click the links to read those recipes
| Prep Time | 5 minutes |
| Cook Time | 5 minutes |
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- 1 Large Red Onion
- 2 Vine Tomatoes
- 10 Cherry Tomatoes if you don't have cherry tomatoes use two regular tomatoes instead
- 1 Clove Garlic
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon Red Chilli Powder i wanted a mild salsa. You can add little extra based on your preference
- 1 tablespoon Dried Oregano Leaves
- 2 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon spring onion just the green part
- 2 tablespoon Finely chopped Fresh Coriander Leaves
- 1/2 teaspoon Oil
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- Heat a pan and add oil
- Add 1/2 onion, 2 roughly chopped vine tomatoes, chilli powder, spring onion and garlic pieces
- Saute for 1 to 2 minutes. Then grind the mixture to a paste. Don't add water
- I do this because sometimes certain variety of onions leave a real bitter after taste when grinding them raw.
- Now chop the remaining half an onion, cherry tomatoes and place them in a bowl
- Add salt, sugar, lemon juice and mix it well
- Later add the onion tomato spring onion paste
- Mix everything together. Adjust salt and spice
- Finally add dried oregano leaves and fresh chopped coriander leaves
- Delicious chunky Tomato Salsa is ready to be served
