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Burmese Cucumber Watermelon Composed Salad Recipe

July 24, 2013 by Jeanette 25 Comments

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This Burmese inspired Cucumber Watermelon Composed Salad is like a party in your mouth, with sweet, sour and savory flavors, and lots of crunch and juiciness.
Composed Burmese Cucumber Watermelon Salad © Jeanette's Healthy Living
I’ve been having some fun looking through Modernist Cuisine at Home this past week.  I am curious about how some of the techniques and ingredients might be used to make foods for people who have certain medical conditions.

For example, would making chicken soup into a hot gel, or using a pressure cooker to intensify flavors in broths, vegetables and meats make it possible for someone on a restricted diet, such as a soft food diet or a low residue/low fiber diet find more enjoyment from eating.

This Burmese inspired Cucumber Watermelon Salad really has very little to do with Modernist Cuisine other than the cucumber rolls on the plate you see. I spotted a pretty picture of a Fruit Minestrone in the book, with different elements of the soup, including mini cucumber rolls, composed in a bowl of strawberry broth.

Composed Burmese Cucumber Watermelon Salad © Jeanette's Healthy Living

This salad is based on a recipe I spotted for Burmese Melon Salad with Sesame-Ginger Vinaigrette, which uses seasonings common in a Burmese street food called Gin Thoke. Apparently, Gin Thoke is used as an after meal digestive, and includes a potent mix of young ginger, sesame, and coconut.

Although I’m not sure if there’s actually a melon salad served with Gin Thoke in Burma, from what little I know of Burmese food, they eat lots of salads, so this is my version of this salad. The dressing for this light salad is made with ginger infused oil, lime juice and fish sauce so you get the sweet and salty flavors that are reminiscent of this cuisine.

Fresh mint, pan roasted peanuts and toasted coconut add nice textures, and the cucumber rolls and watermelon balls just make this salad that much more fun to look at and eat.

This week, I’m participating in Food Network’s Summer Fest event where Cucumbers are being featured. Be sure to check out what my fellow foodie friends made this week:

Feed Me Phoebe: Fennel Tzatziki with Mint
The Lemon Bowl: Japanese Quick Pickled Cucumbers
Jeanette’s Healthy Living: Burmese Cucumber Watermelon Composed Salad
Domesticate Me: California Salad with Roasted Chicken and Avocado Dressing
Taste With The Eyes: Stuffed Cucumber Kimchi with Shrimp and Minari
Devour: Cucumber and Mint Lemonade
Haute Apple Pie: Sweet and Sour Cucumber Salad
Napa Farmhouse 1885: Spicy Cucumber, Carrot and Onion Refrigerator Pickles
Red or Green: Spicy Cucumber Gazpacho
Virtually Homemade: Cucumber Tomato Bruschetta
Food for 7 Stages of Life: Neer Mor — Zested South Indian Buttermilk with Cucumber
Weelicious: Cucumber Cream Cheese Sandwiches
Blue Apron Blog: Barley Salad with Heirloom Cucumbers & Golden Beets
The Sensitive Epicure: Pimm’s Cups and Cucumber Tea Sandwiches
FN Dish: Pickles Past the Jar

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Burmese Cucumber Watermelon Composed Salad

Ingredients

Ginger Lime Dressing

  • 2 teaspoons minced ginger
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon fish sauce
  • 1 teaspoon fresh lime juice

Salad

  • English cucumber ends trimmed, sliced as thinly as possible lengthwise
  • small watermelon balls
  • fresh lime segments cut into small pieces
  • fresh mint
  • roasted peanuts crushed (I put the peanuts in a plastic bag and used a rolling pin to crush them)
  • toasted unsweetened coconut shreds
  • toasted sesame seeds

Instructions

  1. Make Ginger Lime Dressing by heating oil in a small skillet; add ginger and turn heat off; let ginger sizzle until light brown; use slotted spoon to remove ginger. Whisk together fish sauce and lime juice; add ginger infused oil and mix well.
  2. Roll up cucumber slices tightly. Arrange on serving plates, along with watermelon balls, fresh lime pieces and mint leaves. Sprinkle peanuts, toasted coconut and sesame seeds on top. Drizzle a little dressing on top just before serving.

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Comments

  1. EA-The Spicy Rd says

    July 24, 2013 at 10:05 am

    Gorgeous salad with delicious flavors! I always love a good party in my mouth 🙂

    Reply
    • Jeanette says

      July 24, 2013 at 10:10 am

      Thanks EA – this was fun to eat! Lots of textures and flavors.

      Reply
  2. Pamela @ Brooklyn Farm Girl says

    July 24, 2013 at 11:13 am

    I love this recipe and it comes at such a great time where I have watermelon and cucumbers on hand from the garden!

    Reply
    • Jeanette says

      August 1, 2013 at 10:00 am

      Thanks Pamela – this was a fun salad to make and eat!

      Reply
  3. Liz @ The Lemon Bowl says

    July 24, 2013 at 11:28 am

    Drooling over this – love fish sauce!

    Reply
    • Jeanette says

      July 24, 2013 at 12:49 pm

      Fish is a secret ingredient Liz – it’s so good but people are sometimes wary of it. So happy to find another fish sauce lover!

      Reply
  4. Cookin Canuck says

    July 24, 2013 at 12:15 pm

    What a beautiful salad! It’s such a unique take on standard watermelon salads.

    Reply
    • Jeanette says

      July 24, 2013 at 12:49 pm

      Thanks Dara ~ I was having some fun with this salad. Fun visually and fun to eat!

      Reply
  5. Lori Lynn says

    July 24, 2013 at 1:25 pm

    Hi Jeanette – found you through SummerFest. Nice combination of flavors here! Neat presentation too.
    LL

    Reply
    • Jeanette says

      July 24, 2013 at 8:17 pm

      Hi Lori, great meeting you through Summer Fest. Always enjoy seeing what everyone comes up with each week!

      Reply
  6. napa farmhouse 1885/diane says

    July 24, 2013 at 2:45 pm

    what a gorgeous photograph! and the salad sounds delicious i love how quick and easy this is.

    Reply
  7. Stacy | Wicked Good Kitchen says

    July 24, 2013 at 7:26 pm

    Stunningly beautiful composition, Jeanette! I’m so glad I stopped by today to read your interesting article. Such a fabulous salad recipe. I adore fresh cucumbers and watermelon in the summer. I’m not a big fan of fish (so I supplement), but you just may make me a convert with your Ginger Lime Dressing! It sounds lovely and I just adore ginger and lime together (hence, my Coconut Ginger Lime Margarita recipe posted this past spring). Thank you for sharing! xo

    Reply
    • Jeanette says

      July 24, 2013 at 8:16 pm

      Thanks Stacy – so nice to see you here. Love your blog! Been having some fun playing around in the kitchen, trying some new things. Hope to see you again soon!

      Reply
  8. Julia says

    July 24, 2013 at 10:05 pm

    I love cucumbers and watermelon together–what a beautiful salad!

    Reply
  9. Kumar's Kitchen says

    July 25, 2013 at 4:16 am

    loved the concept of a composed salad, watermelon and cucumber are really a combination made in food heaven, great recipe, check out our phokchas for an unique treat 🙂

    Reply
  10. alison @ Ingredients, Inc says

    July 25, 2013 at 7:58 am

    Love seeing a composed salad on a blog

    Reply
  11. Sarah | The Sugar Hit says

    July 25, 2013 at 9:04 pm

    I love this! Such a bright summer salad, zingy dressing, and so simple. This would be a showstopper starter at a summer dinner party.

    Reply
    • Jeanette says

      July 25, 2013 at 9:24 pm

      Thanks Sarah – I had fun plating this. Would be a fun way to present salad when we have company…might even get some of the guys to try it!

      Reply
  12. Ansh | Spiceroots says

    July 25, 2013 at 11:14 pm

    Delightfully plated and so summery! Looks absolutely beautiful and nourishing.

    Reply
    • Jeanette says

      July 26, 2013 at 12:27 am

      Thanks Ansh! Can’t wait to play some more with fun salads!

      Reply
  13. Brian @ A Thought For Food says

    July 30, 2013 at 7:26 am

    When I saw this the other day, I immediately went “Woah!” I’m not sure if it was the bright colors or my love of coconut, which I was so happy to see here, that made my jaw drop.

    Reply
    • Jeanette says

      July 31, 2013 at 11:57 am

      Brian – I know this presentation is a bit unusual so I’m glad it caught your eye. Definitely had fun playing around with this food on the plate.

      Reply
  14. Maris says

    July 30, 2013 at 11:13 pm

    This is so pretty! I confess, I’m more of a chopped salad kinda girl, but this looks like something I’d get in a fine dining restaurant.

    Reply
    • Jeanette says

      July 31, 2013 at 11:47 am

      Thanks Maris – I love chopped salads. This composed salad was definitely something unusual for home cooking, kind of like pretending you’re eating out 😉

      Reply
  15. Denise says

    August 2, 2013 at 8:11 pm

    What a pretty salad, I love the deconstructed feature, and being able to see all of the ingredients. I have never gotten into watermelon in my salads but this may change my mind as I love the addition of cucumbers and coconut. And the ginger lime dressing sounds perfect!

    Reply

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