Salted Eggs and Tomato Salad

This Filipino styled salad is very simple and easy to make, for people living overseas, you can buy salted eggs at any Filipino Food shops.

Salted eggs are called "itlog na maalat', they are duck's hard boiled egg, then cured in warm brine (heavily salted water) for many days. The egg shells are dyed with red food coloring to differentiate it with the regular eggs.

• Ingredients:

3 salted eggs chopped coarsely

2 large red ripe tomatoes, sliced

1 small red onion thinly sliced (optional)

a dash of ground pepper

a dash of lemon

• Procedure:

Combine all ingredients in a bowl and mix.

Serve cold.

Salted eggs and tomato salad goes well with Tinapa (Smoked Fish), a perfect match for grilled pork, or any fried or grilled fish, best to eat with white rice, anytime.

There are different variation to this salad : you can add some sliced green mangoes or add chopped basil or parsley to add more zest.