Hello friends all in this community the rain keeps falling heavily and my food supplies are running out. I'm hungry and my wife is still on her period so she's a bit lazy and just playing social media. I tried to see the availability of food in my refrigerator and I found a cucumber and I started thinking about what to do with this cucumber so that it can be made into a snack during a rainy day like this and something spicy will make this rainy day much more enjoyable and after I made sure the ingredients I needed were available in my cupboard then I decided to make spicy cucumber pickles that I often see in my wife's Korean dramas. but now I make it with my own recipe according to my taste which of course the taste must be spicy, sweet, savory and fresh in my mouth later.
The ingredients I need to make this spicy pickle recipe are as follows:
500 grams of cucumber
1 pack of 5 gram chili powder (you can add more if you want it really spicy but I don't want to hurt my stomach and end up with indigestion when I eat it. This is my reasonable limit for using chili powder.)
3 cloves of shallots
2 large red chilies
3 limes
A little salt
½ teaspoon of granulated sugar
And the way I make this spicy cucumber pickle is:
1. The first thing I do is wash the cucumber then I cut it according to my taste
2. After that I sprinkle it with salt and sugar then I stir it with a large spoon or you can also use your hands as long as your hands are clean.
3. Then I sprinkle chili powder then
4. I cut the shallots into small pieces and mix them with the cucumber
5. Don't forget the red chilies that you can cut into small pieces then mix them with the cucumber
6. and add lime juice
7. Stir until all ingredients are evenly mixed and adjust the taste.
8. My version of spicy cucumber pickle is done.
In this recipe, the use of garlic is more recommended and much more fragrant, then the addition of sesame oil and olive oil will add aroma and taste, but I don't want to use these ingredients because I don't like the taste and I prefer the original recipe like this and the original taste like this doesn't make us nauseous or get bored quickly, especially with the combination of musk orange which makes the pickled cucumber fresher and I like this combination as a healthy spicy snack but not too spicy.
I prefer this recipe but everyone has their own special recipe that is adjusted to their tongue. So let's give input for my recipe.
Greetings from tomi diwirja, Indonesia