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Budu

Name: Budu
Total time: 15 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Timor-Leste
Ingredients: 2 Tomato; 2 Chili pepper; 1/4 Red Onion; A pinch Mint Leaves; 1 Lime; 1/2 tsp Salt

Side Dish

⏱ 15 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Tomato, chili, lime, and mint tossed together — East Timor's refreshing salsa.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Budu is a fresh sauce often made in East Timorese homes: chopped tomato, chili, onion, and mint or basil are dressed with lime juice. Served with grilled fish, fried meat, or rice, its tang and heat lift the dish.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In a seaside home in East Timor, a small bowl of red tomato and green mint salsa sits beside a plate of grilled fish.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Tomato 2
Chili pepper 2
Red Onion 1/4
Mint Leaves A pinch
Lime 1
Salt 1/2 tsp

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Cut the tomatoes into small dice.
Finely chop the chili and red onion.
Tear the mint leaves finely.
Put everything in a bowl and dress with lime juice and salt.
Let stand 10 minutes to meld.

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