{"id":1783,"slug":"kachumbari","title":"Kachumbari","description":"Kachumbari is a fresh East African salad made from tomatoes, onions, and chile peppers, often served as a side dish with grilled meats, rice dishes, bread, or stews. The dish is similar to pico de gallo and Indian kachumber, although regional ingredients and preparation methods vary.","ingredients_raw":["4 large ripe tomatoes, diced","1 large red onion, thinly sliced","1 cucumber (optional), peeled and diced","1–2 fresh green chiles (optional), finely chopped","2 tablespoons chopped fresh coriander (cilantro)","Juice of 1 lemon or lime","½ tablespoons salt","¼ tablespoons black pepper (optional)"],"ingredients_norm":["ripe tomato","red onion","cucumber","fresh green chili","cilantro","juice of lemon or lime","salt","black pepper"],"steps":["Gently toss together all the ingredients in a mixing bowl until well-distributed.","Allow the salad to rest for 5–10 minutes.","Taste the salad and adjust the seasoning as needed.","Serve fresh."],"categories":["Salad recipes","Cookbook","Recipes using onion","Inexpensive recipes","Vegetarian recipes","Main course recipes","Recipes using cilantro","Recipes using pepper","Recipes using tomato","Recipes using cucumber","Recipes using lemon","Recipes using juice","Recipes using salt","Recipes using lime","Recipes using chile","African recipes","Recipes for salad"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":15,"servings":"4","yield_text":null,"difficulty":"easy","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Kachumbari","source_ref":"4640040","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Kachumbari&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"16d5d2d46ad18bbb689feff1839b71017aa65d160cc83497301264090b4ad5b3","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:06Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:06Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/kachumbari"}