Cucumber and yoghurt salad

This is a Turkish salad but is extremely popular throughout the Middle East.  It can be served as a mezze dish.  It is excellent with salmon or trout.

Preparation Time: 10 Mins

Total Time: 40 Mins

Ingredients

For 6 servings…

1                    Cucumber  - Peeled and diced   

                     Salt          

3 cloves           Garlic  - crushed       

40 cl               Yoghurt     

                     Pepper  - white        

3 tbs               Mint  - fresh - chopped           

To garnish

                     Mint         

Method

Sprinkle the cucumber with salt and leave in a colander to drain for ½ hour.

Crush the garlic with a little salt.  Mix a few tablespoons of the yoghourt with the garlic, then add this mixture to the rest of the yoghurt and mix well.  Add pepper to taste.  Finally add the mint.  Drain the cucumber and mix with the yoghourt.

Pour into a serving dish and decorate with more mint.