Cucumber Salad ~ Tangy N Refreshing !!

Time for Blogging Marathon # 17 with a new Format, instead of 7 days of blogging only 3 days for two/four weeks that too with posting on alternate weeks options too...Very interesting right?! To know more about the Blogging Marathon n the Rules plz hop over to Valli's Space. For this edition i picked to post for 2 alternate weeks. For this week i chosen "Summer Salads" as my theme. Me n My H love salads with or without meal n any time of the day. He doesn't like the dressing part only the tossed raw/fresh fruits/vegs but i love salads with dressing only, that too if it is sweet-sour-spicy!!
Here the past few days were too hot n reached to 75F-80F, i made lots of refreshing drinks like Orange Mocktails, Minty Blueberry Mocktails n lemonades to beat the heat. In that row, this Cucumber Salad is another refreshing n perfect summer recipe. I made a very simple, light n tangy dressing. And also added few Raw striped mango and kashmiri chilli powder to the salad along with few almonds for crunchy taste. On whole i turned out so delicious n refreshing, Do try this at home n let me know h it turned out to u. The recipe as follows...

Ingredients

1. Cucumber    1 cup (peeled n chopped thinly)
2. Red Onion or sweet onion    1/4 cup(thinly sliced)
3. Raw Mango    1/4 cup (thinly striped)
4. Kashmiri chilli powder     1 pinch(optional)
5. Almonds     2 tbsp (sliced- raw or roasted)

For Dressing

1. Fresh LimeJuice    1-2 tbsp
2. Lime Zest    1/4 tsp 
3. Salt/ Black Salt    to taste
4. Extra Virgin Olive Oil    1/4 tsp

Method

• In a small bowl, add lime juice,lime Zest, salt n oil and whisk together and keep aside.
• Then wash n peel cucumber skin, chop it along with onion n mango.
• And add all the chopped ingredients to a bowl, sprinkle chilli powder n add the dressing.
• Toss well and top it with Sliced Almonds and serve immediately.
• Or you can refrigerate the salad for 30 minutes and just before serving add almonds and Enjoy!!

 Notes
Instead of Almond you can also use chopped peanuts/pecans or any desired nuts.
Adjust salt n spice to your taste
Adding Mango is optional but it gives nice tangy n yummy taste to the salad.

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Sending this recipe to Renuka's Salad Splendour Event.