Cucumber Salad with a Twist
A healthy, spicy Indian salad!
Ingredients
for the salad
4-5
small cucumbers/kakdi – approx 21/2 to 3 cups
cup
½roasted peanuts
cup
½freshly grated coconut
1
green chili
finely chopped
2
tsp
lemon juice – can be added more or less
1
tbsp
chopped coriander leaves/dhania
salt & sugar as required
for the tempering
1
tbsp
Oil
tsp
½mustard seeds/rai
7-9
curry leaves/kadi patta
Instructions
rinse and peel the cucumbers. chop them finely. keep aside for 15-20 minutes.
now squeeze water from them and put them all in a bowl.
in a mortar and pestle, coarsely crush the roasted peanuts.
mix the peanuts, coconut, lemon juice, coriander leaves with the cucumber.
heat oil. first fry the mustard seeds till they pop. add the curry leaves and fry for some seconds.
pour this entire tempering mixture in the bowl of cucumber.
toss well. just before serving add some sugar and salt.
mix well and serve khamang kakdi.