Cucumber, Ginger & Lime Salad

Name: Cucumber, Ginger & Lime Salad
Yield: Serves 4 as a side
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cucumber; handful of fresh coriander/cilantro, stems and leaves finely chopped; ½ tsp black salt (kala namak); 1 tsp olive oil; juice of 1 lime; handful of fresh mint, leaves finely chopped and stems discarded; 1 cm/½ in piece of fresh ginger, peeled and finely grated

Preparation info

Serves
4
as a side

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Meat Free Mowgli

By Nisha Katona

Published 2022

About

Simple, refreshing, cleansing, I can’t get enough of this cooling green salad. Although the kick of ginger gives it a bit of tongue-tingling interest, it’s ideal served on the side of any spicy dish for dousing the fires.

Ingredients

1 cucumber
handful of fresh coriander/cilantro, stems and leaves finely chopped
handful of fresh mint<

Asia
India
Side dish
Gluten-free
Autumn
Vegan
Summer

Method

Roughly chop the cucumber into small bite-size pieces and place in a mixing bowl with the chopped herbs and grated ginger.
Stir in the olive oil and lime juice, then add the black salt.
Taste for seasoning before serving.