Recipe for "cucumber-sauce"

NAME

     CUCUMBER-SAUCE - A mideast-style sauce  with  cucumbers  and
     yogurt
     This recipe came originally from the local paper, years ago.
     They liked it with lamb.

INGREDIENTS (serves 4)

     350 g     cucumber (coarsely grated)
     4 ml      whole cumin seeds
     10 ml     hot green chilis (seeded & chopped) (optional)
     250 ml    plain yogurt
     5 ml      vegetable oil
     2.5 ml    garlic (finely chopped)
               salt (to taste) (optional)

PROCEDURE

          (1)  Toast cumin seeds in  small  heavy  skillet  until
               browned.    Do  not  burn.   When  they  start  to
               crackle, remove from heat, shaking skillet.
          (2)  Combine all ingredients.  Blend well and chill.

RATING

     Difficulty: easy.  Time: 5 minutes preparation, 1 hour chil-
     ling.  Precision: approximate measurement OK.

CONTRIBUTOR

     Nancy Mintz
     UNIX System Development Lab, AT&T-IS, Summit, New Jersey, USA
     ihnp4!attunix!nlm