Simahz Çoban Salata

This is a salad so simple to make...yet is easy for the mouth to chew...All u need is the ingredients..a very sharp knife (mau potong semua kecik kecik)..and ur patience :0) halil loves it..baba loves it...i love it..well..this is reason enough for me to put this salad in my top salad list..so traveler..as requested..a salad i think any Malaysian can do.

Ingredients

3 tomatoes
1 onion
3-4 green chilli
cucumber (the amount depends onthe type of the cucumber in ur country)
1 carrot
parsley leaves
olive oil
lemon juice
salt
pepper


Steps

-Slice all salad ingredients into small pieces using a sharp knife
-add in the salt, pepper and the lemon juice (last minute before serving)
-add olive oil (last minute before serving)

Reminder

-the amount of the salad ingredients is up to u..i never really count how many tomatoes or cucumber to put..just decided urself. This is just a guideline
-for those in Malaysia, u may not have lemon there. Lime juice or grape vinegar can replace the lemon juice.
-I personally love to add thin slices of fresh mint (when in season) or dried mint n a pinch of dried oregano (not too much ).I find it refreshing
-When in season, to add very small cut florets of brocolli is a good idea too (the only easy way i get to feed halil brocolli..the only way he likes to eat brocolli)
-if u have not much of an ingredient, tomatoes, onion n cucumber make the basic of this salad and is as delicious as ever (the addition of carrot etc etc is for colors. i love colors..so i want my food colourful as well)
-some may find fresh cut onion with a stingy hot taste (pedas sikit). To take away the taste, after slicing the onion, let it rest in water with salt added. Let it rest a few minutes and squeeze the onion. If u do this, the stingy taste of the onion will go but the crunchiness of the onion will be gone as well..

Try it! u'll see why i like it! :0)