Hello everyone, welcome to Ali's Food Diary. It is the hottest time of summer. The hot weather makes us sweat a lot and lack water. Moreover, because it is too hot, everyone has no appetite to eat. In addition to replenishing drinking water anytime and anywhere, it is also a good choice to eat some fruits and vegetables to replenish water and fill your stomach.
Cucumber is the most common vegetable in summer and a must-have summer food for almost every household. Next, I will introduce to you the benefits of eating cucumbers in summer. Cucumber is the best food to replenish water in summer. Its water content is the highest among all foods. Cucumber contains bitter elements, which have certain anti-cancer effects. In addition, cucumber is cool in nature and has the effects of removing heat, diuresis and detoxification. Cucumber is very suitable for cold dishes, such as cucumber with fungus, cucumber with garlic, etc.
In the hot summer, everyone loves to eat cold cucumber. When people make cold cucumbers, they basically add salt directly. No wonder the cold cucumbers taste bad. Today I will share with you what I have been making for many years. It is more delicious than what I make in restaurants. Since my husband ate the cold cucumbers I made, he no longer eats cold cucumbers outside.
Let me share with you the specific method of making the home version of cold cucumber. First of all, the first step is very important. We add a small amount of flour to the cucumber, and then pour half a basin of water. Wash the cucumber carefully first. After sprinkling it with flour, the flour can effectively absorb the insect eggs and some pesticide residues remaining on the cucumber, as well as some impurities that are not easy to clean. After cleaning, use flowing water to clean the cucumber. Rinse it at the end, so that after washing it, we will feel more at ease when eating it.
We put the washed cucumber on the chopping board. We also remove the head and tail of the cucumber, then find a clean fresh-keeping bag , put the washed cucumber into the fresh-keeping bag, and use a knife or rolling pin to cut the cucumber Crush the cucumber to make it taste better. After we beat it like this, the surrounding area of our chopping board will be very clean. If we don't put a plastic bag, the cucumber pieces and cucumber juice will be everywhere when we beat it. Just beat the cucumber like this.
Now we cut the cucumber into small pieces of about three centimeters with a knife. Don’t cut it too small, otherwise the taste will be bad. After everything is cut, put the cucumbers on a plate. Then we add two tablespoons of sugar into it. Use your hands to mix the cucumber and sugar evenly. Cucumbers with sugar added will taste sweeter and more refreshing after mixing.
After mixing well, we put the cucumber in the refrigerator for 20 minutes. Then prepare a few peeled garlic, first cut into slices, and then chop into minced garlic. After it's ready, put it directly into the bowl, then prepare some millet pepper and cut it into millet rings. If you don't like it too spicy, you don't need to put it in. After cutting, put it together with the minced garlic. Prepare some green onions, wash them and cut them into finely chopped green onions, then put them in a small bowl and set aside. Add a spoonful of white sesame seeds to it for added flavor. Then add an appropriate amount of pepper powder, then pour in the hot oil that has just been boiled and sauté until fragrant. Wow, it’s so fragrant that I’m drooling. Use chopsticks to stir it evenly. Then we add three spoons of light soy sauce to it. A small spoonful of balsamic vinegar. Stir them thoroughly and evenly, so that we have a bowl of all-purpose sauce.
There is no need to add any more oil to the pot that was heated just now. Prepare a bowl of peanuts and pour them into the pot, turn on low heat and stir-fry continuously. The roasted peanuts make a crackling sound. After frying, put the peanuts into a bowl and set aside.
Then we took out the cucumber from the refrigerator and saw that a lot of water had been released from the cucumber. We prepared a piece of gauze. Put the cucumber inside the gauze, then wrap it up and squeeze it hard with your hands, so that we can squeeze out the water in the cucumber. This step is important, which is why cucumbers taste crisp and refreshing. Now we put the prepared cucumbers into a large bowl and pour in the fried peanuts.
Pour the prepared sauce in, and finally add some coriander. Friends who don’t like coriander can skip it. Then put on gloves and stir the cucumbers evenly. The cucumbers mixed with your hands will be stirred more evenly than with chopsticks. , the cold cucumber made in this way is very refreshing and spicy, retaining the crisp and sweet taste of cucumber.
After mixing, put it in the refrigerator for half an hour. The taste will be better. If you can't eat it too cold, you don't need to put it in the refrigerator again. If you have no appetite in summer, have a plate. It is cool and refreshing, appetizing and can be eaten at the same time. If you like it, you can try it for your family. If you like it, save it and try it.
Well, today’s delicious food is shared with you here. See you next time. Thank you all for supporting Ali. I wish you all a happy day.
