Recipe #2 – Cooling Cucumber with Pomegranate

November 8, 2009

Berry Berry Easy presents Madam Goh’s Berry Delicious Recipe #2 – Cooling Cucumber with Pomegranate.

Seeing that it is the examination season where everybody will be burning the midnight oil and ‘heating’ up their body, Madam Goh wishes to introduce to you all a ‘cooling’ dish to balance the yin and yang of food-food energy. (This concept will be more familiar to those who have some rudementary knowledge of Traditional Chinese Medicine [TCM]) Regardless whether you are a TCM fanatic or a non-believer, you got to try out this wonderful yet simple to prepare dish. (Once again, it is a halal dish. So no worries to our muslim readers.) So don’t wait and go try our this berry berry easy dish. Good for beginners who have just picked up cooking.

Berry Delicious Recipe #2 – Cooling Cucumber with Pomegranate

(This is best serve with sardine in tomato – it can get rid with the fish smell)

Servings : 4–6 people

Ingredients:

• 4 cucumbers
• 1 pomegranate

Seasoning:

• 2 tsp salt
• 2 tsp sugar
• 5 tsp vinegar (preferably apple vinegar or vegetable vinegar)

Preparation:

1. Wash the cucumber and slice it thinly.
2. Mix the cucumber with salt.
3. Leave it for 10 minutes.
4. Wash it under running water.
5. Add sugar and vinegar.
6. Leave it for 10 minutes.
7. Serve with pomegranate.

Drop a comment if you think this is delicious. Also if you attempt this dish, do give me feedback on how it taste and any variation on the recipe that you improvised upon. Will add in your invaluable feedback.

Please also view the other berry related posts:

1. Recipe #6 Cantonese Gau Gei and Seaweed
2. Recipe #1 – Nyonya Chap Chye (Straits Chinese Mixed Vegetable)
3. Recipe #3 – Sour Hot Hot Vegetable (Suan La La Jie Chai)
4. Recipe #4 Sweet Potato Leaves with Fermented Beancurd
5. Recipe #5 Cantonese Stir Fried Soya Bean Sprouts with Minced Chicken Meat

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