Indian-Style Cucumber Salad

Name: Indian-Style Cucumber Salad
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: Serves: 4-6 as a Snack
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons chopped roasted salted peanuts; 1 each thumb-size red and green chilli, seeded and finely diced; 3 roma (plum) tomatoes, seeded and diced; small handful of coriander (cilantro) leaves, roughly chopped; juice of 1 lime; Poppadoms, to serve; 1 tablespoon vegetable oil; large pinch of mild chilli powder; ½ teaspoon ground cumin; 4 radishes, roughly chopped; ½ teaspoon chaat masala (optional); 1 red onion, finely chopped; 3 Lebanese (short) cucumbers or ½ telegraph (long) cucumber

Preparation info

Serves:
4-6
as a Snack

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
15 min

Appears in

My Street Food Kitchen

By Jennifer Joyce

Published 2015

About

Serve this fresh chopped salad alongside grilled meat or scoop it up with poppadoms. The spices, as well as the lime dressing, give this a spicy sharp note and the peanuts add a salty crunch.

Ingredients

3 Lebanese (short) cucumbers or ½ telegraph (long) cucumber
1 red onion, finely chopped

Asia
India
Side dish
Vegan
Gluten-free

Method

Peel the cucumbers, then cut them in half lengthways and remove the seeds with a teaspoon. Finely dice the cucumber flesh and put it in a bowl. Add all of the remaining ingredients including the chaat masala, if using, and toss to combine well. Serve with poppadoms.