Pear and cucumber salad

Name: Pear and cucumber salad
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: 2.5 ml/½ tsp chilli powder; 2.5 ml/½ tsp salt; 7.5 ml/1½ tsp cumin seeds; 5 ml/1 tsp sugar; 3 firm William or Bartlett pears; 5 ml/1 tsp wholegrain mustard; ½ large cucumber; 15 ml/1 tbsp mayonnaise; 30 ml/2 tbsp Greek (US strained plain) yogurt; 15 ml/1 tbsp lime juice

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Complete Indian Regional Cookbook

By Mridula Baljekar

Published 2017

About

This is a delicious and unusual salad from across the north Indian border in Nepal. The Nepalese use nothing but salt, lemon juice and pepper to make Naspati Aur Kheera Ke Salat, but this version of the recipe includes several other ingredients to create a refreshing accompaniment.

Ingredients

7.5 ml/1½ tsp cumin seeds
3 firm William or Bartlett pears

Asia
India
Nepal
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat a small, heavy pan over a medium heat. Add the cumin seeds and stir for about 1 minute, until they are a shade darker and they release their aroma. Transfer the seeds to a plate and allow to cool.
Peel and core the pears, then cut them into bitesize pieces. Put them into a mixing bowl and sprinkle over the lime juice.