The cucumber was first cultivated in India. It was in this country that the prickly ancestor of the cucumber grew and people began to cultivate it. As a result, several subspecies of the plant were developed, distinguishable from each other by size, taste and degree of roughness.
From India, cucumber came to the Middle East and North Africa.
From there, the Arabs began to sell cucumber to Europe in the VIII century. This recipe will tell you how to cook cucumbers in a delicious way.
Ingredients for appetizer cucumbers:
- cucumbers – 500 g;
- garlic – 4 cloves;
- salt – 1 tsp;
- sugar – 1 tbsp;
- dill – to taste;
- grain mustard – 1.5 tsp;
- lemon juice – 1.5 tbsp;
- pepper mixture – 1/2 tsp;
- soy sauce – 1 tbsp;
- vegetable oil – 3 tbsp.
Preparation of appetizer cucumbers:
Slice cucumbers into slices about an inch thick. We send the cucumber slices to a deep bowl.
Press a few garlic cloves
into the cucumbers,
add salt, sugar, mustard, lemon juice, pepper mixture, soy sauce and vegetable oil to the bowl.
Mix all the ingredients thoroughly, cover the cucumber mass with food film and insist for 1.5 hours.
As a result, the cucumber appetizer can be eaten immediately after cooking.
But it is better if the cucumber pieces are slightly marinated, so they will become more crispy.
