Ensalada de pepinillo (Peruvian recipes)

Total Time: 40 minutes. Quantity: 4 persons. Calories 63 kcal

For a favorite meal.

The Cucumber Salad, or also called "Pickle Salad" is a delicious, and fresh salad, made with lemon, and cucumber slices cut very thinly, so that the lemon juice can give it the flavor we need, it is also seasoned with the spices we want. The way to prepare it is easy, and we can make it to our creativity, and especially do it with other ingredients to give it more nutritional value. Let's remember that once we have prepared our salad, we can accompany it with the meals we want, or with our favorite foods. 

Let's see how to prepare it!

Ensalada de pepinillo (Peruvian recipes)

Ingredients:

• 4 medium-sized fresh cucumbers.
• 1 medium onion cut into thin slices.
• 1 Umami seasoning.
• 1 teaspoon salt or to taste.

Recipe procedure.

1. Once acquired the four cucumbers, begin to wash them, and remove the peel that contains it. Keep them in a clean and comfortable container.
2. At the moment of cutting each cucumber, do it in the form of a slice, and that the thickness of the cut is as thin as possible (this serves so that the lemon juice grabs quickly).
3. Do the same with the onion, but cut it into thin slices.
4. Once the task is completed, introduce the preparation on a container where we can accommodate it, and add the lemon juice.
5. We move it together, and season it with aji-no-moto (Umami seasoning), and let it rest.
6. Serve as a main dish, or let each diner take a small portion.

Note: When removing the peel from the pickles, keep this waste in an indicated place, and avoid possible contamination.

Defining terms.

The gherkin is a food that belongs to the small size cucumber variety, pickled. It is used to prepare salads and other foods. It is a food with high nutrients and worthy of tasting.

Preview of pickles sold at a local market in Peru. Photo provided by Irvis Murillo. 

Preparation video in Spanish.