Kerabu Timun (Spicy Cucumber Salad) | Malaysian Chinese Kitchen

fish sauce

🥗Healthier: soy sauce

💰Cheaper: salt

Soy sauce is easier to find and provides umami flavor.

peanuts

🥗Healthier: sunflower seeds

💰Cheaper: pumpkin seeds

Sunflower seeds offer similar crunch and flavor at a lower cost.

Soak 1/4 cup dried shrimp in hot boiling water for 5 minutes, then drain and pound or chop.

Peel the cucumber, cut it in half, then into quarters lengthwise, and remove the seeds.

Slice the cucumber diagonally about 1/4 inch thick.

Soak the cucumber slices in 1 teaspoon of salt for 20 minutes to extract juices, then rinse and drain.

Slice 3 shallots thinly.

Mix the cucumber, shallots, 1 tablespoon sambal, juice of half a lime, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1 teaspoon sugar together.

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