Cucumber Sambal

Toasted hemp and coconut over cucumber chunks. The jar keeps; the salad doesn’t.

Serves 2 · Active ~3 min at the plate · Toasted mix made ahead

Nutrition (calculated)

  • Energy ~100 kcal per serve · ~210 kcal total
  • Protein 4 g · Carbs 6 g · Fat 8 g

Quantities are estimated, not from the source — the original card gives none. Nearly all the energy is the hemp and coconut; the cucumber is about 15 kcal of it.

Equipment

  • An oven tray big enough to hold the mix in one thin layer. Heaped, it steams instead of toasting and the middle stays raw.
  • A jar with a tight lid.

Ingredients

Grouped by when they’re used.

  • For the jar — makes 8 serves
    • 80 g hemp seeds (8 tbsp)
    • 40 g shredded coconut (8 tbsp)
    • 1 tsp salt
    • Plenty of black pepper
  • At the plate — per 2 serves
    • 250 g cucumber, in chunks (1 telegraph, or 2 Lebanese)
    • 4 tbsp of the toasted mix
    • 1 tsp white vinegar
    • 2 tbsp coriander, chopped just before

Schedule

Legend
  ●  act    ◆  go when true    ✓  done
  T−n  minutes before you eat

SESSION 1 — THE JAR        ~4 min hands-on
Any time. Makes 8 serves, keeps ~2 weeks.

  ● OVEN TO 180°C
  ● HEMP + COCONUT + SALT + PEPPER
    one thin layer, no heaps
  ● IN AT 180°C
    ◆ stir at 4 min
    ◆ out when golden, ~5–7 min
    past golden it turns bitter fast
  ● COOL COMPLETELY before jarring
    warm mix sweats and goes soft
  ✓ JAR

SESSION 2 — AT THE PLATE   ~3 min, per 2 serves

T−3    ● CUCUMBER into chunks
T−2    ● VINEGAR over · toss
T−1    ● 4 TBSP MIX + CORIANDER · toss
T−0    ✓ EAT NOW
       it waters within ~20 min

The clock in Session 1 is the oven’s, not yours — pull it on colour, not on time. Ovens vary more than the 5–7 minutes suggests.

Storage and reheating

  • The jar — airtight, out of the light, ~2 weeks. Hemp seeds are high in fat and will eventually taste stale rather than nutty; the fridge buys longer if it’s sitting.
  • Cut cucumber, undressed — 2–3 days in a container. Two serves is two lunches, so it should not have to.
  • Dressed sambal does not keep. Salt and vinegar draw water out, and within about 20 minutes it is sitting in a pool. Dress at eating time, never in the container.
  • Chop the coriander per serve. Chopped ahead it blackens in a day.