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Acar Timun
Malay Heritage

Acar Timun

Din & my kids really love their salads & vegetables.

Prep20m
Cook5m
Total25m
Difficultyeasy
Marina’s Story

Din & my kids really love their salads & vegetables. I knew this Acar Timun was going to be a hit when I made it along with Nasi Dhal & Kormak Kambing.....Din had 3 full servings until he...quote "felt like bursting"...unquote. Not sure if that was a good thing!

Ingredients

6 servings
  • cucumber, washed & cubed. Soak for 5 minutes in ice water & drained1
  • ripe large tomato, cubed1
  • red onion, skin peeled & diced1 large
  • red chillies, deseeded & sliced1
  • greed chilles, deseeded & sliced1
  • birds' eye chillies, chopped5
  • cilantro, chopped2 stalks
  • handful of mint leaves, chopped2
  • vinegar1 tbsp
  • salt0.5 tsp
  • heaped tsp sugar1

Instructions

  1. 1.

    Place all the ingredients into a large bowl.Toss everything around for a good minute.Serve immediately in a salad bowl.