Smack Cucumber Salad with Sumac Onions

Ingredients

• 4 cucumbers
• 1/2 red onion, thinly sliced
• 1 tbsp sumac
• 2 tbsp cider vinegar
• 2 tsp coriander seeds
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tbsp dried mint
• 1 bunch radishes, thinly sliced with 1/2 the leaves reserved
• Lemon zest
• 1/2 lemon juiced
• 3 tbsp mint, chopped
• 3 tbsp dill
• 1/4 cup yoghurt

Method

1. Add the onion to a bowl with the sumac, cider vinegar and some salt. Mix it around to break it down and leave it for 30mins to pickle
2. Take a rolling pin and smack the cucumbers (gently but firmly). Break the smacked cucumbers into pieces with your hands and put them into a bowl. Add salt to the bowl and mix. Leave for 20 mins and drain out any excess liquid into another bowl
3. Meanwhile, toast the coriander seeds for around 30 seconds
4. Heat up the oil in a pan and pour it over the dried mint to make mint dressing
5. Assemble the salad by adding the radishes to the drained cucumber, along with the lemon zest, pickled onions, mint and dill. Season with salt and pepper and add a tablespoon of oil
6. Mix the yoghurt with the reserved cucumber liquid
7. To plate up: spread the yoghurt on the bottom of the plate, then add the salad and top with the coriander seeds and mint dressing