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Fresh tomato salsa is one of my favourite dips. Made with a few simple ingredients, it is incredibly tasty and super fresh, not to mention so very easy to make. I serve it regularly with my homemade nachos, which are so simple to rustle. Next time try this tomato salsa with these nachos.

Fresh tomato salsa in a transparent bowl with tomatoes, jalapenos and limes in the background

Here’s how to make homemade salsa with fresh tomatoes:

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Fresh Tomato Salsa Recipe (Step-by-step)

Rachna Parmar

This is my best tomato salsa recipe that tastes amazing and is so simple to make at home. You will never buy store-bought salsa again.

5 from 2 votes

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Prep Time 5

Total Time 5

Course Dip | Accompaniment

Cuisine Mexican

Servings people

Calories 19 kcal

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Ingredients

4 Tomatoes ripe
1-2 jalapenos or serano chiles
1 red onion chopped
4-5 garlic cloves chopped
1 tbsp. lemon juice
2 tbsp. cilantro or coriander leaves
salt to taste

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Instructions

Use meaty, ripe tomatoes for fresh salsa. Chop it into small pieces along with onion and garlic.
Chop jalapenos. If you prefer lower heat, take out the seeds before chopping and also use just 1 or ½ jalapenos. I used spicy green chillies as I had run out of fresh jalapenos.
Chop cilantro.
Now blend together tomatoes, onion, garlic and chillies so that some chunky bits still remain. You can alternatively just chop them fine and mix well if you like your salsa chunky.
Add salt and lemon juice to taste. Taste and adjust seasoning and serve immediately.

Notes

1.Charring the tomatoes adds a nice, smoky flavour to the salsa. And on gas it hardly takes any time. You could quickly grill tomatoes or even boil them.

2. Best tomatoes for salsa are Italian ones like roma tomatoes. These have a delicious taste and a very red colour. But otherwise any ripe, red ones will do.

3. If using raw tomatoes, choose meaty ones and dice them fine. You can remove seeds if you prefer.

4. Don’t completely blend the ingredients or you will end up with a tomato chutney.

5. This tomato salsa must be immediately consumed.

6. If you wish to store it for a day or two longer, then just mix the ingredients but don’t add lemon juice and salt. Add those just before serving.

Nutrition

Calories: 19kcalCarbohydrates: 4gSodium: 4mgPotassium: 177mgFiber: 1gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 530IUVitamin C: 13.1mgCalcium: 12mgIron: 0.2mg

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Step-by-step Pictures

Char the tomatoes and peel them.

Cut tomatoes into large pieces. Add garlic, jalapenos, chopped onion and cilantro and blend for very little time till everything is broken into smaller pieces but not till smooth.

Add fresh lemon juice and salt. Taste and adjust seasoning.

Vibrant red tomato salsa with onion and cilantro bits in a transparent bowl.

This delightful tomato salsa recipe is so much better and lower on salt than the store-bought one. It is ready in under 10 minutes and is a perfect dip for your nachos or to be used in burritos and other wraps.

Do try it out and let me know how you liked this easy salsa recipe.

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Comments

Sonia Chatterjee says

April 22, 2019 at 3:31 pm

I remember your post on Nachos. Now a post on salsa just makes the combo awesome. Will definitely try this out very soon because it looks quite uncomplicated to make.

Reema Dsouza says

April 22, 2019 at 5:44 pm

This looks yummy! Will try it out some time.

Soumya says

April 22, 2019 at 7:37 pm

Oh yum! I'll be trying this soon, I'm getting tired of only having this outside.

Kalpana Solsi says

April 22, 2019 at 8:34 pm

I wanted salsa recipe and got it. This seems very easy and I will try it.

Shilpa Garg says

April 23, 2019 at 1:05 am

That's an easy-peasy salsa recipe. I love the smoky flavour of tomatoes, will try your recipe soon!

Kaddu says

April 23, 2019 at 9:43 am

This does sound easy enough to try. Will try both salsa and nachos after the AtoZ. Will let you know how things go! 😀

Shalini R says

April 23, 2019 at 7:10 pm

Mouth=watering, literally! I will try your smoky version soon.

Best Fresh Tomato Salsa

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