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Easy Georgian Cucumber Tomato Salad Recipe (with Walnut Dressing)

This easy and healthy Georgian cucumber salad recipe takes minutes to cobble together! It comes with a nutty and zesty walnut dressing that's refreshing on your palate. This traditional Georgian appetizer will quickly become a regular to your meals!
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Course Appetizer, Salad, Side Dish
Cuisine European, Georgian
Servings 4 people
Calories 85 kcal
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Ingredients
 
 

  • 2 pink heirloom tomatoes, sliced in wedges substitutes: any heirloom or large red tomato
  • 2 slicer cucumbers, peeled and sliced to oval shapes substitutes: English or pickling
  • 50 grams whole walnuts
  • 1 medium red onion, julienned substitutes: white or yellow onion
  • 4 cloves garlic, peeled
  • 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar substitutes: red wine vinegar, apple cider vinegar
  • ¼ teaspoon salt add more to taste
  • 1 tablespoon fresh purple basil, chopped optional; substitutes: cilantro or green onion
  • 1 tablespoon fresh sweet basil, chopped optional; substitutes: cilantro or green onion
  • 1 small green chili pepper, chopped optional
  • 60 ml water

Instructions
 

Make Walnut Dressing

  • Add the walnuts, 3 garlic cloves, vinegar, water, and salt to a food processor.
    Walnuts and garlic cloves in a food processor next to salt, water, and vinegar
  • Pulse the ingredients until the liquid is milky and the walnuts are crushed into large grains. Set aside.
    Pulverized and crushed walnuts for walnut dressing in a food processor

Make the Salad

  • In a bowl, add the cucumbers, tomatoes, chopped basil, and julienned onions. Grate half of one garlic over the vegetables. Gently mix together.
    Sliced tomatoes, cucumbers, and onions with grated garlic and sliced basil
  • Pour the dressing into the salad and carefully fold the vegetables over each other to keep the salad from getting mushy.
    Mix the walnut dressing to the vegetables to make Georgian cucumber tomato salad
  • Keep folding until the vegetables are lightly coated with the crushed walnuts.
    Georgian cucumber tomato salad in a glass bowl
  • Put the salad in a bowl and top with more chopped basil and other herbs such as parsley and cilantro. It's optional to add the chopped chili. Serve immediately.
    Georgian cucumber tomato salad topped with chopped chilies and purple basil in a white bowl

Nutrition

Calories: 85kcalCarbohydrates: 7gProtein: 3gFat: 6gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 103mgPotassium: 310mgFiber: 2gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 486IUVitamin C: 11mgCalcium: 37mgIron: 1mg
Disclaimer: Nutritional values were calculated with the Spoonacular Food API and should be used for informational purposes only.
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