
Cucumber & mint relish
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- No cook
- Easy
- Serves 6 - 8
This cooling sauce is similar to a raita - perfect for serving as a buffet or dinner party side dish to tame hot curries and spiced meats
- Gluten-free
- Healthy
- Vegetarian
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Curried pulled lamb
This meltingly tender shoulder of lamb can be cooked in stages over a few days - serve as the centrepiece for an Indian feast for friends
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Spice up potato wedges with turmeric, ginger, garlic and fennel seeds for an Indian-inspired side dish - perfect to share with friends
Tomato kachumber
This Indian chopped salad makes a fresh and flavourful addition to a sharing or buffet spread with tangy red onion, cumin and coriander
- ½ cucumber
- large pack mintleaves picked, plus extra, to serve
- 1 garlic clove
- small piece of gingerpeeled
- 100g natural yogurt
Nutrition: per serving (8)
- kcal18
- fat1glow
- saturates0g
- carbs2g
- sugars1g
- fibre0g
- protein1g
- salt0g
Method
step 1
Peel the cucumber and coarsely grate the sides, discarding the seeds. Season generously with salt. Tip into a colander or sieve and leave for 10 mins to drain, then squeeze out as much liquid as you can and tip into a bowl.
step 2
Tip the remaining ingredients into a mini chopper or food processor and blitz. Pour the sauce over the cucumber and stir, then chill until needed. Serve scattered with mint.
RECIPE TIPS
WANT TO GET AHEAD?
You can make this mint relish the day before - simply keep it chilled until ready to serve.
Recipe from Good Food magazine, September 2015
Comments, questions and tips (2)
Overall rating
russbarton
This is actually a very good recipe for raita. I have found that if you make it without the cucumber about 2-3 days before and put it in the fridge the mint flavours the yoghurt really well. If you want add cucumber add it just before serving to stop it leaking into the sauce. Recommended. We serve…
mariabudgen
Lovely fresh raita style sauce. We served with the Curried Pulled Lamb from Sept 15 article. Followed instructions and ingredients and no issues. Would be great with poppadoms too.