CUCUMBER-RADISH SALAD
Makes 4 servings
Ingredients
1 English cucumber thinly sliced
20 radishes (2 bunches), trimmed and thinly sliced
1/2 cup chives or green onion (1 bunch), chopped
3/4 cup sour cream
3/4 tsp sea salt or add to taste
Directions
In a medium salad bowl, combine sliced...
We are taking some good ideas from an Italian approach and a Japanese approach. I made this as a small luncheon plate rather than a full-blown main dish.
Use sushi-grade yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares). Bluefin tuna (T. maccoyii, T. thynnus, T. orientalis) are endangered; and white...
Ingredients
2 tblsp Olive oil
6 Garlic cloves, sliced
160 gm Prawns
3 Eggs
400 gm Cucumber, thickly sliced
1 tblsp Oyster sauce
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Method
Heat the olive oil in a wok and fry the garlic for a few minutes. Add the prawns to the wok and stir fry for about 2...
I'm talking about standard American cucumbers, if that makes a difference. I'm planning to make a cucumber and radish salsa, but I'm thinking ahead to cucumber salads in the summertime as well. My husband and I are not fans of white, yellow, or brown onions. We love the red ones, but I don't...
I promised to try out this recipe by Chef James Martin posted by @Elawin for the November spice challenge:
Vanilla cured salmon with cucumber ketchup, charred cucumber and pickled ginger. I cured the salmon using table salt not sea salt (mainly because I didn't have enough sea salt). I used soft...
Ingredients:
2 mini cucumbers, deseeded and sliced
Sea salt
1 tbsp light brown sugar or palm sugar
1 lime, juiced
1 1/2 tsp fish sauce (nam pla)
1 hot red chilli, finely chopped
2 spring onions
Small bunch of basil
4-5 mint leaves
Method:
1. Season the cucumbers with a sprinkle of sea salt...
Ingredients:
2 mini cucumbers, deseeded and sliced thinly
Sea salt
1 small onion, finely sliced
100 ml cider vinegar
70 g soft brown sugar
1 tsp mustard seeds
1/2 tsp nigella seeds
1/2 tsp coriander seeds
2 whole cloves
1 bay leaf
1/4 tsp turmeric
Method:
1. Season the cucumber with a...
Delicious, and ideal if you've run out of pickle :laugh:
Ingredients:
100 ml cider vinegar
70 g granulated sugar
3 mint leaves
2 mini cucumbers, deseeded and sliced
Salt
Small handful of dill
Method:
1. Dissolve the sugar in the vinegar over a low heat.
2. Allow to cool with the mint leaves...
A fruit salad that has the taste of summer! Freshness and lightness, served it at the end of the meal or as a snack. I added also some almonds and Asiago Italian cheese.
Serves 2, preparation time 10 minutes
1/2 cucumber
1/2 melon
12 blackberries
20 g. peeled almonds
1 sprig of fresh mint
20...
Raita is Tzatzika's Indian cousin. Its fantastically cooling with a hot spicy curry but great anytime as a dip. This is the way I make it.
Ingredients
1/2 cucumber
150g Greek style yoghurt
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp ground coriander
Salt, to taste
Ground turmeric, paprika and a few whole cumin...
Buckytom's basic tzatziki sauce
500 ml, or 1 pint Greek-style yogurt, drained if necessary (start with more than a pint if it needs to drain)
3 to 7 cloves of garlic to taste, the more the better imo
1 medium cucumber
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
sea salt...
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