Smashing, or smacking, cucumber brings out the flavour and makes the texture superbly juicy.
Prep time: 10 minutes
SERVES
Four as a side dish
INGREDIENTS
- 4 thick-skinned ugly cucumbers (the short kind)
- 1 tsp caster sugar
- 1 tbsp coarse sea salt
- 1 tbsp white wine or cider vinegar
- 1 tbsp fish sauce
- 1 tbsp mild red pepper flakes (Aleppo pepper or Pul Biber)
- 1 tsp nigella seeds, toasted
- 2 cloves of garlic, crushed
- A handful of mint leaves, torn
METHOD
- Peel the cucumbers and hit them quite hard all over with a rolling pin or kitchen mallet. They should split and squirt juice. Break them apart with your hands over a bowl into jagged pieces.
- In a small bowl, mix the sugar and salt with the vinegar and fish sauce to dissolve them, then mix thoroughly (with your hands) into the cucumber. Stir in the red pepper flakes, toasted nigella seeds and crushed garlic. Refrigerate until needed.
- Taste the cucumbers and consider the balance of salt, sweet and sour. Adjust as you see fit; fold through the torn mint.
Recipe adapted from Summer’s Lease: How to Cook Without Heat by Thom Eagle (Quadrille, £16.99). Order your copy from books.telegraph.co.uk
July 19, 2020 at 12:00PM
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