Cucumber salsa

I like a little salsa with almost everything. Especially in the winter. It's definitely part of my curry repertoire, it goes with grilled meat, omlette or baked potato. This is a simple one made with cucumber. Extra crunch comes from inclusion of the finely chopped coriander stem, something that is all too often just thrown away. I don't include garlic, because I usually eat it with something that has lots of garlic already in it. If you are eating it with something more plain, just add 1 clove of finely chopped garlic.

So this is a fresh and crunchy cucumber salsa.

Cucumber salsa

Ingredients

½ cucumber

½ onion

2 tbsp lime juice

½ tsp ground cumin

½ bunch fresh coriander

A pinch of each: chilli, pepper, salt

1 tsp sugar

Method

• Cut cucumber in half lengthwise and scoop out the seeds.
• Slice and chop the cucumber into small bits.
• Finely chop the onion.
• Finely chop the coriander, including the stems.
• Mix everything together in a bowl and let sit for 10 mins.

Eat.

I like it with coconut dhal, or marinated chicken strips, and chicken curry.

You can:

• substitute lemon for lime
• use sweet chilli sauce instead of chilli and sugar
• add some fresh mint
• use tomato as well, or instead of cucumber