Cucumber Peanut Salad

Recipe from 101 Cookbooks

Ingredients:

• 3 medium cucumbers, partially peeled
• 1-2 green serrano chiles, stemmed and minced
• 1/2 cup / 2.5 ounces / 70 g peanuts, toasted
• 1/3 cup / 1.5 ounces / 45 g dried large-flake coconut, toasted
• 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon natural cane sugar
• 1 tablespoon ghee, clarified butter, or sunflower oil
• 1/2 teaspoon black mustard seeds
• 1/4 teaspoon cumin seeds
• scant 1/2 teaspoon fine grain sea salt
• a handful cilantro, chopped

Directions:

Halve the cucumbers lengthwise, scrape out the seeds, and chop into pieces roughly the size of pencil erasers. Just before you’re ready to serve, transfer to a mixing bowl and toss gently with chiles, peanuts, coconut, lemon juice, and sugar.

Over medium heat melt the ghee in a small skillet. When hot stir in the mustard seeds. They are going to sputter and spit a bit, and when this starts to happen, add the cumin for 15-30 seconds, just long enough to toast the spices. Cover with a lid if needed. Remove from heat, stir in the salt, and immediately stir this into the salad. Turn out onto a patter topped with the cilantro. Serves 4.