Cucumber with garlic and yogurt

Cucumber with garlic and yogurt

A summery dish that is cooling to eat. 

1. Grate cucumber, season with 1% its weight of salt, mix well and rest for an hour.

2. Squeeze most of the liquid out of cucumber, add a crushed clove of garlic and 2 tbsp of yogurt (with live lactic bacteria). Mix well and rest in room temperature for a few hours.This helps to make the garlic less pungent.

3. Before serving, add coriander and  more yogurt to form a cool soup.