Wasabi Dressing and Watercress Salad with Cucumber
This is a very simple salad and takes no time to prepare. Watercress Salad with cucumber is a Western style salad but the Wasabi Dressing is full of Japanese flavour with soy sauce and a good amount of wasabi.
- Prep time
- 5 min
- Cook time
- 4 min
- Yield
- 2 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 80g/2.8oz watercress
- 80g/2.8oz cucumber
- 2 tbsp light flavourless oil ((note 1))
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp grated wasabi/wasabi paste ((note 2))
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- a pinch of sugar
Instructions
- 1
If watercress comes with long stems rather than in sprigs, cut them in half or into three pieces so that they can be picked up more easily.
- 2
Cut the cucumber vertically to quarters into sticks. Then cut each stick to 2cm pieces perpendicular to the first cut.
- 3
Add watercress and cucumber pieces to a bowl.
- 4
Add the Wasabi Dressing ingredients to a small jar and shake well until sugar is dissolved and there are no lumps of wasabi paste.
- 5
Add the dressing to the bowl of vegetables and dress well.
- 6
Transfer to a serving bowl.