Tamarind pickled cucumbers

Name: Tamarind pickled cucumbers
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: PTM
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Side Servings
Ingredients: For the pickling liquid, mix: ,Woolworths sweet-and-sour pickling condiment bottle 1 x 250 ml,tamarind paste 3T,limes, juice 2,red chilli, crushed ½ ,Woolworths galangal powder 1t,garlic cloves, crushed 2,ginger cm piece, peeled and crushed 1 x 2cm,sesame oil 2T,baby radishes bunch 1,baby cucumbers punnet, peeled 1 x 350g

By Abigail Donnelly

Serves 6

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 15 minutes

Ingredients

For the pickling liquid, mix:

1 x 250 ml Woolworths sweet-and-sour pickling condiment bottle
3 T tamarind paste
2 limes, juice
½ red chilli, crushed
1 t Woolworths galangal powder
2 garlic cloves, crushed
1 x 2 cm ginger cm piece, peeled and crushed
2 T sesame oil
1 baby radishes bunch
1 x 350 g baby cucumbers punnet, peeled

Method

Add the vegetables to the pickling liquid and allow to steep for 15 minutes before serving.

Cook's tip: Having a jar of pickles in the fridge can jazz up anything by adding flavour and texture. Fresh pickle with fish, red onion pickle with curries and pork, mixed pickle with roast chicken. Or toss the pickle through salad.

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Photograph: Myburgh Du Plessis

Food assistants: Bianca Strydom, Keletso Motau & Mogau Seshoene

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