The Ultimate Cucumber Salad You Need To Try Now

Hello everyone, welcome to home cooking with me Hema Subramanian. Today we are making a cool refreshing and light salad made with cucumbers. This is sweet and spicy asian style cucumber salad so let's get started and check it out. For more healthy and refreshing salad recipes click on the link at the end of the video. For the salad first I'm going to roast quarter cup of peanuts. Roast the peanuts till they turn to a lovely golden brown color. You want the peanuts to be nice and crunchy. So you can see it's gradually changing color. Once you get a lovely nutty aroma you can see the oil is releasing. Turn off the stove and cool the nuts completely. So next I'm just roasting about two tablespoons of white sesame seeds. Roast the sesame seeds till you get a lovely nutty aroma and you can see once it's turned to a lovely golden color, remove it, transfer it to a plate and cool it completely. So next we're going to make the salad dressing. To the tempering pan add two tablespoons of sesame oil. So I'm using the cold pressed sesame oil for the salad. To a bowl add one teaspoon of red chili flakes. Next I'm adding three large cloves of garlic, finely chopped. Now add the hot oil to the bowl and mix everything together. Season it with a teaspoon of salt and two tablespoons of honey. Mix everything well so you have this beautiful sweet and spicy dressing that goes onto the cucumbers. The peanuts have cooled down. Transfer it to a mixer jar and just give it a quick pulse. You don't want to grind it too much. So cucumbers are something that we normally tend to eat as a salad but you know there are a lot of recipes that we can actually make with cucumbers. Let me know how you like to enjoy the cucumber. Next I'm going to cut the cucumbers. Make sure the cucumbers are nice and fresh so you can follow how I'm doing this. Cut the cucumber into half, slice the cucumbers and cut them into thin strips. Now let's make the salad. To a nice white bowl add the cut cucumber pieces. Pour all the salad dressing. Next add a little bit of the coarsely ground peanuts. Add one to two teaspoons of roasted sesame seeds and mix everything well. I'm just using two forks to mix the salad. It's easier this way. So there you go. Here is this absolutely gorgeous, cool, crisp, sweet, tangy and spicy cucumber salad that you can make in just about 10 minutes. That's a super quick and simple salad recipe and I can't wait to enjoy it. It's got that lovely sweetness and of course the spiciness and the flavor of garlic and the nutty flavors of sesame and peanuts. Yummy! If you're looking to have a light meal that's cool and refreshing, try this cucumber salad and share this wonderful recipe with your family and friends. All my home cooking digital cookbooks are now available on shop.homecookingshow.in Download and start cooking today. Check out the product tags below if you'd like to shop the items I use in this video. For the detailed recipe go to our homecookingshow.in website.