Greek cucumber salad

serves 4
ingredients
1 cucumber
1 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons finely chopped
fresh mint
1 garlic clove, crushed
1 teaspoon caster sugar
200ml/7fl oz Greek-style yogurt
• Peel the cucumber and cut in half
lengthways. Remove the seeds with
a teaspoon and discard. Slice the
cucumber thinly. Put in a bowl, and
sprinkle with the salt. Toss through,
and leave for at least 15 minutes.
• Combine the mint, garlic, sugar
and yogurt in another bowl.
• Rinse the cucumber in a sieve
under cold running water to flush
away the salt.
• Drain well and combine with the
yogurt mixture. Chill for 15 minutes
and serve.