The recipe
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Peel the cucumbers, cut in half and remove the seeds.
Half them again and slice them up in approx 1/2 inch pieces.
Marinate and adjust
Mix with all the other ingredients, cover and put in the fridge for at least an hour.
Take it out of the fridge and taste, if you want to, add more lime juice, sugar or sambal oelek.
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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Cucumbers
- Provide the crisp, watery base that the dressing coats and flavours.
- Brown sugar
- Adds sweetness that balances the sharpness of the lime and chili.
- Lime juice
- Adds acidity that brightens the salad and sharpens the other flavours.
- Sambal oelek
- Adds heat and chili flavour to the dressing.
The step that matters
Chilling the salad for at least an hour. Salt and sugar draw water out of cucumber and then the dressing mixes with that liquid. Chilling lets the flavours meld and keeps the cucumber crisp rather than limp.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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