Ethiopian salata dakwa

This Ethiopian dish is great to complement spicy dishes, due to the creamy nature of the peanut butter. You can also add hard-boiled eggs and have it as a salad in its own right

Ingredients

• 2 tomatoes, diced into 1cm cubes
• 1 cucumber, peeled or skin left on, diced into 1cm cubes
• 200 g mixed leaf salad, finely shredded
• 0.5 green chilli, deseeded and finely chopped
• juice of 1 lemon
• 5.5 tbsp smooth peanut butter
• 1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil

Steps

1. Mix all the dressing ingredients in a bowl with 2 tbsp of water until it has a mayonnaise-like consistency. Season with salt.
2. Combine the salad ingredients, add the dressing and mix well to serve.