Cucumber Achaar

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    2

    cups
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Family Thai: Bringing the Flavors of Thailand Home

By Arnold Myint

Published 2025

  • About

Although I put this in the salad chapter, this isn’t the type of salad you would eat as an entree, but rather an accompaniment or dip to balance out other dishes. It’s why it doesn’t neatly fall into the four salad categories I’ve previously mentioned. Everyone goes crazy for the peanut sauce that comes with satay, the skewered meat street food icon. It is undeniably delicious. But the cucumber relish that also comes with satay is an underrated gem. It provides ample tang from vinegar, bite