Spicy Cucumber Salad

Name: Spicy Cucumber Salad
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Thailand
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons sugar; 3 tablespoons water; 450 g (1 lb) cucumbers; 3 tablespoons fish sauce or light soy sauce; 3 tablespoons lime juice; 3 tablespoons finely sliced shallots; 1 large fresh red Thai chilli, seeded and finely sliced

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Ken Hom Cooks Thai

By Ken Hom

Published 2001

About

I am a great fan of the humble and too often underestimated cucumber. Its colour, cool qualities and crunchiness make it a perfect salad food. This is a simple dish, and simply delightful.

Ingredients

450 g (1 lb) cucumbers
3 tablespoons fish sauce or lig

Asia
Thailand
South East Asia
Spicy

Method

Slice the cucumbers – unpeeled – in half lengthways and, using a teaspoon, remove the seeds. Then cut the cucumber halves into thin slices.

In a large bowl, combine the fish sauce, lime juice, water and sugar, and stir until the sugar is dissolved. Now add the cucumber, chilli and shallots and mix well. Allow the mixture to sit for at least 20 minutes before serving.