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Indian Cucumber Salad (Koshimbir)
Fresh cucumbers tossed with toasted cumin seeds, roasted peanuts, and chopped cilantro, in spicy green chile oil.
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servings: 4
total time: 20 minutes
recipe by: Rae
Ingredients
- 1 large seedless cucumber
- 1 TBSP roasted peanut oil
- 1 tsp cumin seeds, lightly crushed in a mortar and pestle
- 1/4-1 whole serrano chile, sliced in half lengthwise
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- 1/8 tsp granulated garlic powder
- 1/8 tsp granulated onion powder
- 2 TBSP roasted, ground peanuts
- 2 TBSP chopped cilantro
Directions
- Peel the cucumber and chop into roughly 1/2-inch pieces. Pace the chopped cucumber in a medium size bowl.
- In a small saucepan heat the oil over medium-high heat, add the crushed cumin seeds and allow to sizzle for about 30 seconds, while stirring, add the chile pepper and cook for 30 seconds more.
- Pour the oil over the cucumbers and add the salt, garlic powder, onion powder, peanuts, and cilantro and toss together coating the cumbers well. Discard the serrano pepper.
