🏠Kyuri no Sunomono – Super Easy Japanese Cucumber Vinegarette Recipe

My favourite refreshing side dish is this simple Japanese cucumber vinegarette recipe.

“Kyuuri” means cucumber. And “Su-no-mono” literally means “a thing in vinegar”. 😂

Based on A Basic Sunomono Recipe by Delish Kitchen, this is a great small dish to break up eating a heavy or meaty main. Having a food processor like Magimix makes this super easy to make.

Ingredients

• Lebanese cucumber – 2
• Rice vinegar – 2 table spoons (30ml)
• Sugar – 1 table spoon
• Soy sauce – 1 tea spoon
• Sesame seeds – 2 tea spoons or more
• Salt – a few shakes

How to make Japanese cucumber vinegarette

1. Slice cucumber to 1mm using a slicer
2. Sprinkle salt, leave for 10+ minutes and squeeze out liquid.
3. Mix rice vinegar, sugar, and soy sauce in a bowl. Throw the cucumber in.
4. Loosely ground sesame seeds (eg. with a motor and pesel), and add to above.
5. Mix all contents, and sit it in the fridge for 30 minutes.

It’s sometimes surprising to see how much sugar goes into recipes, but Japanese people live long, right? Store bought sunomono mixes are sweeter than this, so I think I’m safe. 😊