Cucumber & Mint Skanjabeen/Lemooni Sorbet

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    1

    litre
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Red Sea Cookbook: Over 100 family recipes and stories from Saudi Arabia

By Madeeha Qureshi

Published 2026

  • About

Ingredients

  • 250 g (9 oz/ cups) granulated sugar
  • 2

Method

In a saucepan, combine the sugar and glucose with 250ml (9fl oz/1 cup) water. Let the sugar dissolve on a medium heat without boiling it. Remove from the heat and let it cool down completely.

Roughly chop cucumbers, then add them to a food processor with the mint leaves and blend to a purée.

Line a sieve with a muslin cloth and place it over a bowl, then pass the minty cucumber