If you are looking to keep a meal light, and even if you regularly enjoy munching a salad, the idea of a meal consisting mostly of tomatoes might raise a sceptical eyebrow.
This one genuinely has a wow factor, though. It's all about the quality of the ingredients used - selecting the best tomatoes is key, as they are the star of this dish. Tomatoes are a nutritious package: they are a good source of vitamin A and C, and they also have decent fibre. They also contain lycopene, which supplies the red pigment and also serves as a powerful antioxidant.
Ceviche is normally raw seafood marinated in seasoned lemon or lime juice. Here, tomatoes sit in the zesty, vitamin C-rich marinade to absorb the citrus juices. Combined with fragrant basil (loaded with vitamins A and C), crunchy toasted sesame seeds (vitamin B1 and lots of good minerals) and a bit of mozzarella, it becomes a very tasty, wholesome dish.
Vicky Cheng - executive chef at Liberty Exchange Kitchen, where this ceviche is on the menu - says it's not only top-tier supermarkets and organic produce suppliers that stock quality tomato varieties. You can find them in wet markets, too.
Heirloom tomato ceviche
Serves 4-6
