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Curried Cucumbers with Fenugreek Greens

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    4 to 5

    as a side dish
    • Difficulty

      Easy

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By Elizabeth Schneider

Published 2001

  • About

Crunchy crescents of cucumber turn bright yellow-green in this quick sauté. Sweet-salty and ever so slightly curried, they are subtly altered by the light bitterness of chewy chopped fenugreek leaves, which suggest pea vines with power. A natural complement for seafood and jasmine rice.

Ingredients

  • 2 pounds cucumbers, preferably not waxed (6 medium)
  • ½ tablespoon kosher salt
  • 2

Method

  1. Peel cucumbers and halve lengthwise; scoop out seeds. Cut into ¼-inch slices and toss with salt and sugar. Drain in a sieve about ½ hour, tossing often, while you clean the fenugreek.
  2. Cut roots and heavy stems from fenugreek; discard. Wash greens in many changes of water, lifting out so debris sinks. Chop medium-fine. Mince shallots.
  3. Drain cucu

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