Summer Salad with Cucumber and Melon

Prep: 15min
| Servings: 4 | Cook: T0M
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Ingredients

  • 4 small watermelons
  • 2 cucumbers
  • a handful mint
  • 1 tsp coriander seeds
  • 1 colorful bell pepper
  • 1 lemon (juice)
  • 1 tsp brown sugar
  • Salt
  • 4 tbsp rapeseed oil

Instructions

  1. 1.

    Cut off a lid from the melons and scoop out the flesh. Weigh about 600 g of flesh, deseed it, and cut into bite‑size pieces.

  2. 2.

    Wash the cucumbers, trim the ends, quarter them lengthwise, and slice into ~1 cm thick pieces.

  3. 3.

    Mix the cucumber and melon pieces in a bowl.

  4. 4.

    Rinse the mint, shake dry, pluck the leaves, and cut into strips.

  5. 5.

    Toast the coriander seeds with the pepper in a pan until fragrant. Remove, let cool, then roughly crush as desired.

  6. 6.

    Whisk together lemon juice, brown sugar, salt, and rapeseed oil.

  7. 7.

    Fold the pepper and mint into the dressing, then toss with the salad to coat evenly.

  8. 8.

    Taste and serve the dressed mixture in melon cups.