Cucumber with maple dressing

Name: Cucumber with maple dressing
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 500 g cucumbers (approximately 4 lebanese or 1.5 telegraph); 20 g salt (optional); 30 g sesame seeds; 15 ml rice wine vinegar; 20 ml sesame oil virgin; 20 ml maple syrup; 5 ml tamari soy sauce or

Andy @cook_7834782

I highly recommend using the best maple syrup you can find for this recipe.
When toasting the sesame seeds I use a mix of white and black seeds - if using all black you don't get a nice visual clue to how much you are toasting them.
You can use toasted sesame oil, but the flavour of the freshly toasted sesame seeds is much nicer so I prefer to use a milder, but complimentary oil.

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Ingredients

500 gcucumbers (approximately 4 lebanese or 1.5 telegraph)
20 gsalt (optional)
30 gsesame seeds
15 mlrice wine vinegar
20 mlsesame oil virgin
20 mlmaple syrup
5 mltamari soy sauce or

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Steps

1

Slice the cucumbers into 0.75cm thick slices
2

If you have time, place the cucumber in a colander and sprinkle with the salt. Leave for 20mins, the salt will absorb some of the water and drain away - it won't make them salty
3

Combine the vinegar, sesame oil, maple syrup and soy sauce, then pour over the cucumber
4

Toast the sesame seeds in a dry pan until golden and sprinkle on top