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Pan-Fried Cucumbers

These delicious sauteed cucumbers go nicely with curries. You can saute them in olive oil, butter, or margarine. Be careful not to overcook them.

Type: Vegetables
Courses: Side dish
Serves: 6 people

Recipe Ingredients

1 tablespoon 15mlOlive oil - margarine, or butter
1   Garlic clove - - (optional), minced or pressed
2   European - (seedless) cucumbers, peeled, and sliced 1/4" thick
1/2   Lemon - juice only, optional
  Salt - to taste
  Black pepper - freshly ground, to taste
1 1/2 tablespoons 22mlFinely minced fresh parsley or dill

Recipe Instructions

Heat the oil or butter in a large skillet and add the garlic if desired. Saute over medium heat for 1 minute. Add the cucumbers and saute over medium-high heat, stirring, for 5 to 10 minutes. They should soften and become translucent but should not brown. Add the lemon juice if desired, salt and pepper to taste, and transfer to a warm serving dish. Sprinkle with chopped fresh parsley or dill and serve. This recipe provides six servings.

Advance preparation: The cucumbers can be sliced hours ahead of serving and refrigerated. You could saute them for about 5 minutes a few hours ahead of time and reheat them, adding lemon juice and parsley or dill just before serving.

Source:
ENTERTAINING LIGHT by Martha Rose Shulman

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