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Spicy 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!
Course Salad, Side Dish
Cuisine Asian, Japanese, oriental
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Servings 2 people
Calories 270.69kcal

Equipment

  • Salad Bowl

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Peel and chop cucumber. Add the chopped cucumber to a salad bowl.
  • Add crushed peanuts and shredded coconut.
  • Then add red pepper flakes, cumin powder, mustard powder, chopped cilantro, sesame seeds, dukkah, and minced green chillies
  • Add olive oil, vinegar and sweet seasoning sauce. Using salad spoons, toss it all together. Taste and add salt as needed. Top it with chili oil if needed and serve.

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: 270.69kcal | Carbohydrates: 19.08g | Protein: 6.29g | Fat: 20.13g | Saturated Fat: 4.83g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3.31g | Monounsaturated Fat: 10.25g | Sodium: 44.48mg | Potassium: 416.25mg | Fiber: 4.12g | Sugar: 12.47g | Vitamin A: 628.29IU | Vitamin C: 13.84mg | Calcium: 88.42mg | Iron: 2.33mg