Smashed cucumbers with sizzled turmeric and garlic from Nothing Fancy: Unfussy Food for Having People Over (page 107) by Alison Roman

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Accompaniments: Buttered turmeric rice with crushed almonds and herbs; Soy-braised brisket with caramelized honey and garlic; Salmon with soy and citrusy charred scallions

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  • gabilovescheese on June 03, 2026

    Addictive and easy. Good to make when you want a cucumber salad that isn’t heavy handed with the vinegar.

  • snoozermoose on February 11, 2025

    I grew up with the more authentic Chinese version of this but found this to be an absolutely delicious spin on a classic. I accidentally used double the salt and vinegar but ended up loving it this way!

  • Lepa on October 09, 2023

    This is good and a great accompaniment to the salmon with soy scallions in the same book.

  • Skamper on June 30, 2022

    We both liked this. I made a half batch. Served with the citrus salmon from the same book.

  • ginger2212 on October 24, 2021

    This is too good! Addictive. I ate almost half of the bowl before serving it :-/

  • Barb_N on February 04, 2020

    I did not taste the garlic oil and felt the turmeric added a bitter note. I prefer Fuchsia Dunlop’s recipe from Every Grain of Rice.

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