Ingredients
- 1/2 a large telegraph cucumber
- 1/4 cup of roasted chopped peanuts
- 1/2 cup coriander
- 3 spring onions of 1/2 a red onion
- 1 cup of salad greens
- Dressing:
- 20ml lemon juice
- 10ml dash of soy sauce
- 1T honey
- 40ml olive oil
- 2 tsp fresh ginger
- 5 drops (!) roasted sesame oil
Cucumber with Asian Flavours
Method
- Drag a fork up the outside of your cucumber to give it lines, then cut in half length ways and deseed the cucumber, slice finely
- Cut up onion, coriander and add salad greens
- Mix the dressing ingredients, and stir through
- Top with peanuts that you have smashed in a spice mill, or with a mortar and pestle
- Note: Roast 1kg of peanuts at 150C in a large oven tray for about 25 minutes, with 2T oil, making sure to stir every 5 minutes
- Stir even once they are out of the oven or the bottoms might burn
Comments
Thank you to Kakanui Produce for the cucumbers and Janefield Hydroponics for the salad greens, onions and coriander used in the cooking demonstration at the market.
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