(Image source from: Cool off with Cucumber Salad)

Here's a quintessential summer dish that you will love to munch on - the good, old cucumber salad or sunomono, as the dish is called in Japanese. Bursting with summer coolness and oodles of flavor, this vinegary salad is a breeze to make and makes a wonderful replacement for Indian raitas, especially on days when you are feeling too lazy to whip up one. Here's how you can make this quick salad at home.

Ingredients

2-3 Japanese cucumbers or 4 Persian cucumbers

3 tbsp rice vinegar

1 tbsp sugar

¼ tsp salt

¼ tsp soy sauce

1 tsp sesame seeds

Instructions

Slice cucumbers into thin pieces.

Add with salt, toss and wait for 5 minutes. Now squeeze cucumbers to remove water.

Mix rice vinegar, sugar, and soy sauce and pour over cucumbers.

Top off with sesame seeds.

AW: Suchorita Choudhury