Salads & starters
Slata masmouta (masmouta salad)
A Tunisian salad of grilled red peppers and tomatoes, peeled and seasoned with olive oil, garlic and cumin. Served cool or lukewarm as a starter, it's lovely eaten with bread.
Ingredients
Ingredients
Spices & seasoning
Optional extras
On the side
Nutrition facts
172 kcal per serving
- Protein
- 3 g
- Carbohydrates
- 12.2 g
- of which sugars
- 9.7 g
- Fat
- 10.8 g
- Fiber
- 6.3 g
Ecomely’s estimate, calculated from the ingredients with the ANSES Ciqual food composition table, excluding sides and seasoning added to taste.
Instructions
- Grill the peppers and tomatoes over a gas flame or under the oven grill, turning them until the skin is blackened all over.
- Put the peppers in a bowl covered with a tea towel for 10 minutes, then remove the skin, seeds and membranes under cold water.
- Peel the tomatoes the same way and roughly deseed them.
- Finely chop the peppers and tomatoes together with a knife, without turning them into a purée.
- Crush the garlic with the salt, then mix it with the oil, vinegar, cumin and paprika.
- Pour the dressing over the salad, add the parsley and chopped chilli if using, then adjust the seasoning.
- Leave to rest for 15 minutes at room temperature before serving with bread.
Variations and tips
Oven-grilled version. If you don't have a flame, grill the vegetables under the oven grill at 240 °C for 15 to 20 minutes.
With onion. Add thinly sliced red onion and a little lemon for a brighter salad.
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Tunisia
Tunisia
Tunisia
Tunisia
Tunisia
Tunisia
Tunisia
Tunisia
Original Ecomely recipe.