Cucumber Salad With Yogurt (Middle East, Palestine)

Pali's Favorites's Note:

This is a very simple, but different kind of salad that goes great with a lot of dishes. It is also a nice dish to make during Ramadan, either for suhr or uftur! Enjoy :)

• Total Time: 5 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 0 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 2-4

Yield: 2.0

• 1 cup plain yogurt
• 1 cup cucumber, peeled and sliced
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1 teaspoon fresh mint or 1 teaspoon dried mint

Directions:

1. Stir yogurt until smooth.
2. Add cucumber, salt, and garlic.
3. Garnish with mint.
4. Normally eaten with pita bread. Enjoy!

Reviews

[littlemafia]

I just took the photo and I came to write the review,I turned around and my lovely daughters managed to almost finish it.so I'm only eating what on the bottom,mostly yogurt.There are some cucumbers floating in it.I didn't peel the cucumbers and I used garlic powder for the benefit of my daughters.

[Chef #716080]

This is a huge hit in our home. We make it without garlic, and we add lemon juice and sometimes some lemon zest. I use either Turkish/Greek style yogurt, or strain some regular plain yogurt for a few hours. Because my little girl thinks that she doesn't like cucumbers, I mince them instead of slicing-deceitful yet effective! We especially like it served on mini wheat pitas aside some lemony steamed kale and cannellini beans.Thanks for posting this recipe

[UmmBinat]

Good and easy. I actually did not use garlic the first time but did add some freshly squeezed lemon juice and the fresh mint garnish which I feel makes this. I served this with Hamada's Authentic Egyptian Kusherie without the sauce. It was very good. The second time I added the garlic and did not add lemon juice and served it along with the filling of Potato and Pea Sambusa (Somali) on white Basmati rice as part of a vegetarian meal. The third time I served this without garlic or mint but added some freshly squeezed lemon juice, along with Chicken With Sumac(Jujeh Al Sammak), Saffron Rice With Cashews and Raisins and Quinoa Tabouli for a lovely Lebanese/Palestinian meal masha Allah. I will make this again insha Allah more likely without the garlic and with fresh lemon juice. Made for extra Ramadan Tag.