Smacked cucumber salad with sumac onions

30 mins
Serves 1
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Directions

  1. 1Slice your onion nice and thin.
  2. 2Slice your onion nice and thin.
  3. 3Slice your onion nice and thin.
  4. 4Add the sliced onions to a bowl with sumac, cider vinegar, and some salt.
  5. 5Add the sliced onions to a bowl with sumac, cider vinegar, and some salt.
  6. 6Add the sliced onions to a bowl with sumac, cider vinegar, and some salt.
  7. 7Get your hands in there and start to break the ingredients down.
  8. 8Get your hands in there and start to break the ingredients down.
  9. 9Get your hands in there and start to break the ingredients down.
  10. 10Let the onions pickle for about half an hour.
  11. 11Let the onions pickle for about half an hour.
  12. 12Let the onions pickle for about half an hour.
  13. 13Smack the cucumbers using a rolling pin, gently but firmly, to break open the cells.
  14. 14Smack the cucumbers using a rolling pin, gently but firmly, to break open the cells.
  15. 15Smack the cucumbers using a rolling pin, gently but firmly, to break open the cells.
  16. 16Coarsely tear away the cucumber with your hands or a knife and put them into a salad bowl.
  17. 17Coarsely tear away the cucumber with your hands or a knife and put them into a salad bowl.
  18. 18Coarsely tear away the cucumber with your hands or a knife and put them into a salad bowl.
  19. 19Add some salt to the cucumbers and tumble them to ensure the salt gets in contact with all the cucumber.
  20. 20Add some salt to the cucumbers and tumble them to ensure the salt gets in contact with all the cucumber.
  21. 21Add some salt to the cucumbers and tumble them to ensure the salt gets in contact with all the cucumber.
  22. 22Toast the coriander seeds in a dry pan for 30 seconds until they become fragrant.
  23. 23Toast the coriander seeds in a dry pan for 30 seconds until they become fragrant.
  24. 24Toast the coriander seeds in a dry pan for 30 seconds until they become fragrant.
  25. 25Heat about two tablespoons of oil.
  26. 26Heat about two tablespoons of oil.
  27. 27Heat about two tablespoons of oil.
  28. 28Pour the hot oil over some dried mint to help dress the salad.
  29. 29Pour the hot oil over some dried mint to help dress the salad.
  30. 30Pour the hot oil over some dried mint to help dress the salad.
  31. 31Pick off some leaves from the radishes.
  32. 32Pick off some leaves from the radishes.
  33. 33Pick off some leaves from the radishes.
  34. 34Slice the radishes nice and thin on a mandolin.
  35. 35Slice the radishes nice and thin on a mandolin.
  36. 36Slice the radishes nice and thin on a mandolin.
  37. 37Drain off any excess liquid from the cucumbers that have been sitting in salt for about 20 minutes.
  38. 38Drain off any excess liquid from the cucumbers that have been sitting in salt for about 20 minutes.
  39. 39Drain off any excess liquid from the cucumbers that have been sitting in salt for about 20 minutes.
  40. 40Add the drained cucumbers to a mixing bowl, along with the sliced radishes and some of the radish leaves.
  41. 41Add the drained cucumbers to a mixing bowl, along with the sliced radishes and some of the radish leaves.
  42. 42Add the drained cucumbers to a mixing bowl, along with the sliced radishes and some of the radish leaves.
  43. 43Microplane in one clove of garlic.
  44. 44Microplane in one clove of garlic.
  45. 45Microplane in one clove of garlic.
  46. 46Add some lemon zest, toasted coriander seeds, and the pickled onions to the mixing bowl.
  47. 47Add some lemon zest, toasted coriander seeds, and the pickled onions to the mixing bowl.
  48. 48Add some lemon zest, toasted coriander seeds, and the pickled onions to the mixing bowl.
  49. 49Add some fresh mint and dill.
  50. 50Add some fresh mint and dill.
  51. 51Add some fresh mint and dill.
  52. 52Season with a little bit of salt and pepper.
  53. 53Season with a little bit of salt and pepper.
  54. 54Season with a little bit of salt and pepper.
  55. 55Add a tablespoon of oil and the juice of half a lemon.
  56. 56Add a tablespoon of oil and the juice of half a lemon.
  57. 57Add a tablespoon of oil and the juice of half a lemon.
  58. 58Tumble all the ingredients together.
  59. 59Tumble all the ingredients together.
  60. 60Tumble all the ingredients together.
  61. 61Mix the salty cucumber water (strained earlier) into your yogurt.
  62. 62Mix the salty cucumber water (strained earlier) into your yogurt.
  63. 63Mix the salty cucumber water (strained earlier) into your yogurt.
  64. 64Spread a little bit of the yogurt mixture all around the plate.
  65. 65Spread a little bit of the yogurt mixture all around the plate.
  66. 66Spread a little bit of the yogurt mixture all around the plate.
  67. 67Place the crunchy salad on top of the yogurt.
  68. 68Place the crunchy salad on top of the yogurt.
  69. 69Place the crunchy salad on top of the yogurt.
  70. 70Add a few more coriander seeds over the top.
  71. 71Add a few more coriander seeds over the top.
  72. 72Add a few more coriander seeds over the top.
  73. 73Finish off with the mint oil.
  74. 74Finish off with the mint oil.
  75. 75Finish off with the mint oil.

Ingredients

  • onion, sliced nice and thin
  • onion, sliced nice and thin
  • onion, sliced nice and thin
  • sumac
  • sumac
  • sumac
  • cider vinegar
  • cider vinegar
  • cider vinegar
  • salt
  • salt
  • salt
  • cucumbers
  • cucumbers
  • cucumbers
  • coriander seeds
  • coriander seeds
  • coriander seeds
  • 2 tablespoons oil
  • 2 tablespoons oil
  • 2 tablespoons oil
  • dried mint
  • dried mint
  • dried mint
  • radishes
  • radishes
  • radishes
  • radish leaves
  • radish leaves
  • radish leaves
  • 1 garlic clove
  • 1 garlic clove
  • 1 garlic clove
  • lemon zest
  • lemon zest
  • lemon zest
  • mint
  • mint
  • mint
  • dill
  • dill
  • dill
  • pepper
  • pepper
  • pepper
  • 1 tablespoon oil
  • 1 tablespoon oil
  • 1 tablespoon oil
  • 0.5 lemon juice
  • 0.5 lemon juice
  • 0.5 lemon juice
  • yogurt
  • yogurt
  • yogurt

Equipment

bowlrolling pinknifesalad bowldry panmandolinmixing bowlmicroplaneplate

Tips

  • When slicing onion, you want some texture and crunch to it, so do not slice it too thin.
  • When smacking cucumbers, gently but firmly break open the cells.
  • When slicing radishes with a mandolin, go carefully and slowly.