SIMPLE CUCUMBER RAITA Recipe

Slice a cucumber, leaving skin on, into 1/4 to 1/2 inch slices. Use a small cookie cutter to create garnishments for your salad or entrée.

Cucumbers balls are a great garnish for salads or desserts. Begin by slicing the cucumber in half. The seeds should remain in the cucumber for sufficient flesh. With a melon baller, make balls with the flesh of the cucumber.

Long, thin and narrow, this variety of vegetable is a common type of cucumber grown for the digestive qualities it contains.

Descriptor of a wine that exhibits few additional characteristics after the initial impression. Typically a characteristic of a young, inexpensive wine.

A traditional salad or condiment made in India that consists of yogurt curds combined with herbs, spices, and fruits or vegetables.

A type of syrup made from a combination of sugar and water that is cooked over a low to medium heat setting while stirring the contents until the sugar is fully dissolved and the mixture is clear.

A long, cylinder shaped vegetable of the gourd family that has rounded ends and grows on a creeping type of plant.