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Cucumber and Yogurt Salad
Total time40 min
Prep10 min
Cook30 min
Yield4 servings
DifficultyEasy
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Salads and appetizers

ChefFatima Zahoui Ghamlouch

Cucumber and Yogurt Salad

Cucumber and yogurt salad is one of the tastiest and easiest salads ever! It is very refreshing, especially in summer, and very delicious alongside rice dishes with meat and chicken.

Cucumber and yogurt salad.. a very refreshing, easy salad served especially with rice dishes of all kinds and ouzi

Ingredients

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  • 3 cucumbers, or as much as the yogurt quantity requires
  • 1 kg tub yogurt
  • 2 cloves garlic, crushed
  • Dried mint, 1/2 tablespoon
  • Salt, 1 teaspoon or to taste
  • For more from Fatima, here is Grilled Eggplant with Vegetables
  • Also from Fatima, here is Fried Meat Pies
  • Ouzi is one of the dishes we serve with this salad ... and here from Fatima is also how to make Ouzi Rice Mold

Method

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  1. Finely chop the cucumber or cut it into small pieces as desired (you can peel it before chopping - optional)
  2. Put the cucumber in a bowl and add the yogurt, crushed garlic, and salt, then mix well
  3. Add the dried mint, mix, and serve the salad immediately
  4. Fatima Zahwi Ghamloush
  5. For more from Fatima, here is her roasted eggplant with vegetables
  6. Also from Fatima, here are her fried meat pies
  7. Ouzi is one of the dishes served with this salad... here, from Fatima, is how to make the Ouzi tray

Recipe tags

Salads and appetizersInternationalVegetarianGluten freeNut freeEgg freeEasyBalanced time

Notes and serving ideas

  • Grilled Eggplant with Vegetables
  • Fried Meat Pies
  • Ouzi Rice Mold

Chef

Fatima Zahoui Ghamlouch

If you see a recipe written as poetry, it’s surely Fatima Zahoui Ghamlouch—known as Umm Badr—who posted it. Between mawawil and rhymed prose, her rice dishes arrive effortlessly and win the admiration of everyone in our group.

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