The Tunisian Salad

This is a basic tunisian Salad that is made especially at summer when it’s the season of tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers , we usually add harissa paste, eggs, canned tuna or sardines and some capers .

Almost every Tunisian eats it with bread and a  generous amount of extra virgin olive oil but when we feel hungry and we find some leftover salad in the fridge it’s 99% going to end up in a sandwich for the beach or a pre-football-match snack , this dish is healthy and have all what you need for a lunch ; nutrients, proteins, carbohydrates and fats . But the problem is that the majority eat it with baguettes which are made with bleached flour.

This is why I suggest trying to eat it with whole wheat or multi cereal or even gluten free bread, because why not adding those extra nutrients and fibers to your body ?

To all the non Tunisians who are reading this blog I hope that you can find the true harissa paste because the canned stuff is no comparison to the one that we make at home ( you can make yours and use it for your bolognaise too)  ;)

 

Serves 4

Ingredients :

• 2 cucumbers

• 3 big tomatoes 

• 1 medium onion 

• 3 peppers 

• 3 tbs of olive oil

• Squeeze of one lemon juice 

• 1 tbs of capers

• A small can of tuna

• 4 eggs 

• 4 tsp of harissa paste

• ¼ tsp Black pepper

Method :

1.   Cut all the vegetables into cubes and put the olive oil, lemon juice and black pepper, mix and set aside in the fridge .

2.   Put the eggs in water, bring them to a boil and once boiling cook for extra 3 minutes (2 minutes if the eggs are small, and you can use hard boiled eggs)

3.   Now put the salad in the serving dish and top it with capers, harissa paste, tuna and eggs.