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Cucumber soup with pickled cucumber
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Cucumber soup with pickled cucumber

19 ingredients 1 hr + 30 min Serves 4 openrecipes

Use up a glut of cucumbers with this spicy take on cucumber soup, topped with sweet-and-sour cucumbers.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

591
Calories
8g
Protein
15g
Fat
106g
Carbs

Counts 13 of 16 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 13 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Rice 1 cup cooked (158g) white 206
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Banana 1 medium (118g) 105
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Cucumber 1/2 cup sliced (52g) 16
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Vinegar 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled 3
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Coriander not in our table 0
Seed not in our table 0
Peppermint not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1 cucumber
  • 1 tbsp salt
  • 75ml/3fl oz rice wine vinegar
  • 2 tbsp caster sugar
  • 1 red chilli
  • 2 tsp coriander seeds
  • 1 tbsp finely chopped fresh mint
  • 1 tbsp finely chopped fresh coriander
  • and freshly ground saltblack pepper
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 2 banana shallots
  • 1 garlic
  • 2.5cm/1in piece fresh root ginger
  • 1 red chilli
  • 1.2kg/2lb 10oz cucumbers
  • 500ml/18fl oz vegetable stock
  • and freshly ground saltblack pepper
  • ½ lemon, juice only
  • 2-3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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