Recipe for Cucumber, chilli and mint salsa
For a few people, on the side
1 small cucumber
1 medium red chilli
1 tbsp very finely chopped mint leaves
2 tsp mild olive oil
Juice from half a lime
Peel some or all of the skin from the cucumber and slice it once lengthways down the middle. Use a teaspoon to take out most of the seeds.
Press the cucumber flat side down and get your knife close to the board so that you can cut the cucumber into long thin layers from the bottom up. Once you’ve got these then you can cut each layer into little tiny piece like on the photograph.
It’s easy then – just combine with all of the other ingredients give it a good stir!
If your cucumber has a bitter note (which they sometimes they do) then stir in a tiny pinch of caster sugar. Serve cold.