Thai Cucumber Salad
Thai Cucumber Salad - Spicy ingredients give the simple side dish the right kick
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Nutritional values
Cucumber is a great dieting ingredient, as it consists of 97 percent water and has just 12 calories per 100 gram serving.
Spring rolls, especially ones with lean protein, go well with this dish for a quick protein boost.
(Percentage of daily recommendation)
| Calorie | 156 cal. | (7 %) | ||
| Protein | 4 g | (4 %) | ||
| Fat | 8 g | (7 %) | ||
| Carbohydrates | 14 g | (9 %) | ||
| Sugar added | 10 g | (40 %) | ||
| Roughage | 2.5 g | (8 %) |
| Vitamin A | 0.1 mg | (13 %) | ||
| Vitamin D | 0 μg | (0 %) | ||
| Vitamin E | 1.4 mg | (12 %) | ||
| Vitamin K | 35.7 μg | (60 %) | ||
| Vitamin B₁ | 0.1 mg | (10 %) | ||
| Vitamin B₂ | 0.1 mg | (9 %) | ||
| Niacin | 3 mg | (25 %) | ||
| Vitamin B₆ | 0.1 mg | (7 %) | ||
| Folate | 56 μg | (19 %) | ||
| Pantothenic acid | 0.7 mg | (12 %) | ||
| Biotin | 6.5 μg | (14 %) | ||
| Vitamin B₁₂ | 0 μg | (0 %) | ||
| Vitamin C | 16 mg | (17 %) | ||
| Potassium | 405 mg | (10 %) | ||
| Calcium | 55 mg | (6 %) | ||
| Magnesium | 45 mg | (15 %) | ||
| Iron | 1.7 mg | (11 %) | ||
| Iodine | 6 μg | (3 %) | ||
| Zinc | 0.8 mg | (10 %) | ||
| Saturated fatty acids | 1.4 g | |||
| Uric acid | 28 mg | |||
| Cholesterol | 0 mg | |||
| Complete sugar | 15 g |
Ingredients
- Ingredients
- 1 Tbsp soy sauce
- 4 Tbsps Rice vinegar
- 2 tsps Thai fish sauce
- 2 tsps sesame oil
- 2 Tbsps cane sugar
- 1 red chili pepper
- 2 large Cucumber
- salt
- ½ bunch Thai basil
- 3 sprigs mint
- 2 ozs roasted Shelled peanut
Kitchen utensils
Preparation steps
Mix together soy sauce, rice vinegar, fish sauce, sesame oil and sugar in a bowl.
Halve chile pepper lengthwise, remove seeds, rinse and pat dry. Finely chop chile and add to soy sauce mixture.
Rinse cucumber, wipe dry, halve lengthwise and scrape out the seeds.
Cut cucumbers into thin half moons, then place in a sieve, sprinkle with salt and let drain for 10 minutes.
Add drained cucumber to the sauce and let stand for 15 minutes (marinate).
Meanwhile, rinse basil and mint, shake dry, pluck leaves and cut into fine strips.
Finely chop peanuts. Sprinkle peanuts and herbs over the cucumber salad just before serving.
