In India, these tender cucumbers are common street food - sold cut with a little bit of salt and chilli powder. The cucumber is soft enough to eat without peeling - just wash, slice off the two ends and cut into pieces.
Aren't they gorgeous?
To celebrate these cucumbers, here's a really lovely flavorful and cool salad that's extremely easy to put together and looks impressive. It's a nice addition to a summer lunch!
Cucumber Salad
(adapted from Vidhu Mittal's "Pure and Simple")
2 Cucumbers, sliced thin
Dressing:
1/2 cup Yogurt (I used non-fat, but I'm sure any kind of yogurt will work)
2 tbsp Mint Leaves, chopped
2 tsp Powdered Sugar
1 tsp Vinegar
A pinch of Salt
For the Garnish:
1/4 cup Peanuts, chopped
Combine all the ingredients for the dressing in a bowl. Keep refrigerated.
When ready to serve, spoon the dressing over the cucumbers and top with peanuts.
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Cucumber Salad
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WOW!! that picture is mindblowing. You gave a simple cucumber salad such a gourmet look!! great job!! :)
Looks very different from regular cucumbers, this is the first time I am seeing this. Cool recipe with cute cucumber.
Chopped Peanuts is a nice idea! Great Summer Salad!
I used to LOVE this..its called 'kakdi" in Delhi.
Your salad looks so refreshing.
nice post for summer.looks great!!
Lovley salad, apt for the season!
Cool and crunchy...Yum.
yummy dear
yummy dear
Thanks Everyone!
this is a very good-looking salad Arundathi
Those cucumbers are amazing! I would never have guessed what they are.
They are as gorgeous as they are scary to look at! ;D
I thought they were snake gourd. Salad looks yum,
Never seen cukes that look like that! Looks tender and soft. Salad looks great!
you got me, i thought they were snakes at first glance! LOL! i've never seen such cucumbers before... your salad looks soo gourmet.. would love to pop one of those in my mouth! looks so refreshing!
I love these tender cucumbers much..thats a brilliant idea of adding peanuts..
here they are called armenian cucumbers. we grew a lot last year.
Thanks everyone.
I guess they do look a bit scary! lol!
arundhati, u n i are getting telepathic.. i swear!! u got marmalade jam at home n i put up the marmalade cake...n just today i bought these cucumber!! we dont get these kind of cucmbers v often in bombay.. used to eat them by the truck load in delhi tho..
wow that looks great I love trying food from other countries
Nicely arranged and I love the use of peanuts... Who would deny such lovely salad???
Churning the Word Mill - LOL!! That's too funny! I still have to make the marmalade cake - might just do that today. Try this salad, its great for the summer!
From my motorhome to yours - I hope you enjoy it as much as we do.
Ramya Vijaykumar - Not me! Thanks!
They look cute! perfect to welcome summer..
We like these summer cucumbers, keera I think they're called? We just don't get them here.:(
I love these cucumbers.Nice cucumber salad recipe :)
They look like snakes! :)
I love these snippets of life there. The salad sounds yum.
Thanks everyone.
Aparna, are they called keera? I didn't know that. Thanks.
just beautiful - great presentation!
Thanks Malini!
cucumbers are lovely... beautiful presentation....
myspicykitchen - Thank you
Those cucumbers are so unusual, thankyou for introducing us to something new! :)
Lorraine - Oh are they new? Maybe they are known as something else there? I hope you find them - they're really tender and delicious
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