Feta Watermelon Salad: 10-Min Recipe

A fresh salad that pairs watermelon with feta cheese is one of those classic contrasting sweet-salty delightful combos.
Harnoor Channi-Tiwary declares her recipe is simple to toss and scrumptious to eat.
The Greek salad may become a regular on your dining table this summer, especially since watermelon is 92% water.

Ingredients

• 500 gm watermelon, chilled
• 50 gm feta cheese, crumbled

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• 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• ½ an onion
• Juice of 2 limes, chilled

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• 8-10 mint leaves
• 8 pine nuts, chopped

Method

• Slice the onion into thin half moons.
  In a small bowl, soak the slices in the lime juice for half an hour.
• Remove the pips from the watermelon as you cut into bite-size pieces.

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• In a bowl, add crumbled feta cheese and the onions with the soaking juice.
  Roughly tear the mint leaves and add to the bowl.

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• Drizzle the olive oil over the salad and add in the chopped pine nuts.
  Very lightly toss the salad with your fingers so as not to further break the cheese.
• Serve immediately, should be chilled; Serves 3-4.

Tips
Instead of mint leaves use basil leaves or use both.
For a more interesting presentation, use yellow watermelon pieces too.
Consider adding sliced black olives and a few pieces cucumber. Maybe cherry tomatoes as well.
In addition to pine nuts, or instead of, add chopped walnuts.