Cucumber & Onion Salad

Name: Cucumber & Onion Salad
Total time: 2040 s
Yield: Several
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 large or a few small/med Cucumbers, sliced; 1 onion, sliced; 3/4 C Water; 3/4 C White Distilled Vinegar; 1 TBS-2 TBS Sugar (as desired, I used 1TBS for mine); 1/2 TBS Garlic Powder; 1 TSP Salt; 1 TSP Black Pepper; 3/4 TSP Crushed Red Pepper

jessica crain @Jeslynnskitchen

Both my grandmothers made this when I was young. This isn't their exact recipe, but very close! This is my version to share, and it's a bit more spicy, as I love peppers! I hope your family enjoys it as much as my family always has, and always will! 😋
If you have leftover Onions or leftover Cucumbers, throw them together for this! I looked on the internet to try to find the origin of this recipe, and several countries seem to each have their own version, many similar to each other, or the exact same. As for myself, I was born in Kentucky, here in the You.S. so I'll say my version is from Kentucky, as best as I know.

jessica crain @Jeslynnskitchen

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Ingredients

34min

Several

1large or a few small/med Cucumbers, sliced
1onion, sliced
3/4 CWater
3/4 CWhite Distilled Vinegar
1 TBS-2 TBS Sugar (as desired, I used 1TBS for mine)
1/2 TBSGarlic Powder
1 TSPSalt
1 TSPBlack Pepper
3/4 TSPCrushed Red Pepper

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Steps

34min

1

Preferably thinly slice, or else dice, your cucumber and onion.
2

Add sliced Cucumber/Onion mixture to large bowl.
3

Add Garlic Powder and Black Pepper
4

To a measuring cup or small bowl, heat 3/4C Water with 1or 2 TBS Sugar and 1TSP Salt. Heat 30 seconds then stir. Dry ingredients should be blended enough to make the warm water cloudy til stirred and disolved. May heat longer as desired, even til boiling if you prefer! Boiling will actually help seal your jar, if you go that method- helps for preservation and storage length As for me, I don't boil because our jar gets consumed rather quickly and the vinegar preserves the contents anyway.
5

Add your heated liquid ingredients to Cucumber/Onion Bowl. Add Vinegar, then Mix well, evenly coating everything with the liquid and seasonings.
6

Add Crushed Red Pepper. Stir in.
7

Pour everything into a bowl with lid or a glass jar with lid. (Both Solids and Liquids are kept together) Refrigerate at least 30min. The longer the better! Refrigerating at least 3-7days is a secret treasure of flavor!