Rice Vinegar Cucumber Salad

Minoo requested for volunteers to demonstrate for the South Arm Community Kitchen which was temporarily held at Bethel Church while South Arm kitchen is under renovation. It looks like the renovation is going to take much longer than anticipated.

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Minoo got Emily and Lorna to partner up for this week’s demonstration. Emily made three simple homey dishes. The first is a side dish of Rice Vinegar Cucumber Salad.

Cucumber is a good source of Vitamin C, Vitamin A, potassium, manganese, folate, dietary fiber and magnesium. The skin of cucumber has the heaviest concentration of sterols which helps to lower cholesterol. Cucumber is a great digestive aid and have a cleansing effect on the bowel. It is low in calories and is great for people on a diet.

Ingredients

  • mini cucumbers
  • salt
  • sesame oil
  • rice vinegar

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Source: Emily


Instructions

Rice-Vinegar-Cucumber-2Thinly slice the cucumbers. Add some salt and let sit for 10 to 15 minutes to extract the liquid out of the cucumbers.
Rice-Vinegar-Cucumber-3Squeeze out the excess liquid as much as possible. Pat dry with paper towel.
Rice-Vinegar-Cucumber-4Drizzle with rice vinegar to taste.

Drizzle with sesame oil to taste. This is one of the simplest side dish one can make.

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