Spicy Japanese Cucumber Salad
This spicy Japanese cucumber salad seasoned with Asian flavors, also known as Kyuri no Sunomono serves as a vegan side-dish or as a healthy lunchbox snack. Can be made in just 10 minutes!
Servings 4 people
Calories 148.02kcal
Ingredients
- 1 cucumber
- 2 tablespoon crushed peanuts
- ½ tablespoon red pepper flakes
- 1 green chilly
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- ⅓ cup chopped cilantro
- 2 teaspoon mustard powder
- ⅓ cup shredded coconut
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- organic seaweed salt
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 tablespoon black sesame seeds
Instructions
- Peel and chop cucumber. Add the chopped cucumber to a salad bowl.
- Add crushed peanuts
- Add red pepper flakes and minced green chillies
- Add cumin seeds
- Add chopped cilantro
- Add mustard powder
- Add shredded coconut
- Add lemon juice
- Add sugar
- Add organic seaweed salt
- Add olive oil
- Using salad spoons, toss it all together
- Garnish with toasted black sesame seeds
- Serve immediately
Notes
Tips to make the best cucumber salad
- Preferably use Japanese Cucumbers for this recipe. They have a beautiful forest green skin with long and slender bodies. They do not contain any developed seeds and are never bitter, which is why they are a preferred choice in Japan.
- However, you can use any cucumber variety available to you for this recipe.
- Garnish with hemp seeds to increase the nutrition value.
- Be careful while tossing the salad, do not mash the cucumber.
- Add rice vinegar and coconut aminos (better than soy sauce) for an extra zing.
- If the cucumber is bitter, thinly slice off both the ends and rub it against the cucumber. Rubbing that sliced end against the cucumber will release a white, foamy substance, which contains an organic compound called cucurbitacin. This is the cause of the bitterness. Keep rubbing till it stops producing foam.
- You can also use white sesame seeds.
- Use shredded, desiccated or freshly grated coconut.
Nutrition
Calories: 148.02kcal | Carbohydrates: 9.79g | Protein: 3.32g | Fat: 11.6g | Saturated Fat: 3.56g | Sodium: 40.02mg | Potassium: 213.73mg | Fiber: 2.26g | Sugar: 5.99g | Vitamin A: 478.2IU | Vitamin C: 8.36mg | Calcium: 44.61mg | Iron: 1.36mg