I spent _ages_ trying to find a suitable replacement for the peanuts (autism, don’t like dry crunch mixing with wet crunch, or warm with cold), and I’ve found it: cooked and cooled edamame! Still have that slightly fatty texture that vaguely alludes to the peanuts, plus soybeans play great with the other Asian flavours. You can even still salt/sugar/lime them with a little warm (not hot) peanut oil! ❤
This sounds delicious! I'm in the Southern Hemisphere so it's completely off season but I can't wait to try it once summer is here. Also, I think an avocado would be amazing contrast for the crunchiness of the cucumber / watermelon / peanuts combo
ตำแตงกวา -- thai cucumber salad -- is one of my favorite things. Something my favorite vendor adds is tamarind paste and I love the savory/sour it adds to the mix.
I have never wanted a watermelon salad until now. We’re heading into summer in the southern hemisphere, I’m putting this recipe in my back pocket and I’ll bring it out once the watermelons are at the market!
Mediterranean in me feels there should be some Feta cheese in that salad!! I'm going to spin it!! P.S.: I spun it! Left out fish sauce and put Feta in! Amazing!!
I made this recipe last summer and I was BLOWN AWAY by how good it was. I've been dreaming about making again all winter long, and now it's April and I'm back here because I *cannot* wait any longer.
COSMO! DEEZ NUTZ! CHILLIE CORIGAN! This is Carla's best video. This is the pick me up needed after work. And the salad sounds so good. On the way to buy a watermelon now.
Two things. First thing. This looks amazing! my friends and I were just talking about what is a good meal during a very hot day. Now we know. Second thing. I love your nails!
I saw. I made. I devoured. Amazing recipe! (I also crumbled some feta as garnish - yum!) You had me at "put a finger down" and Cosmo's commercial. Hilarious!
Cronch, sweet, spicy, savory. I have all the things to make this, so I’m doing it now AND just finally ordered the cookbook! Love our Auntie Chef 🥰 YUM!
i just made this for dinner tonight (even though it's winter in australia haha) and i absolutely loved it. I put tofu in to have some sort of protein. i am asian so i drenched it in fish sauce. it was delicious thank you carla!!
This was really good. The spice is important, but she's a little more heat tolerant than I am. The peanuts are wonderful and should be made even if you don't try the salad.
This looks great- I think though I would leave out the MSG and granulated sugar though abad would rater cube the cucumbers 🥒! Great combo of flavours will try this for sure!
the day after I watched this video, my boyfriend got a text saying our neighbor had a massive amount of lemon cucumbers and did we want any? Gonna make a watermelon cucumber salad! Update: I made it and WOW so good! I've never had smashed cucumber salad before but a lot of my favorite food youtubers make them regularly so I was curious. After a lifetime of eating watery, flavorless cucumbers, I was shocked by how much flavor that first bite had. Such complexity to the flavor! I left out the chilis because I have no spice tolerance but I can tell it would be even better if it was spicy. My boyfriend served himself a bowl and had demolished it in a couple minutes.
Thank you Carla! Love how you share the delight of cooking. Just made this spicy salad and it is delicious. Just added this my collections of Super Delicious Winner Recipes.
Had the biggest watermelon and was looking for ways to use it up, this recipe is such a WIN! Bought the cookbook, then I made this two days consecutively and there were no leftovers either day. Now I need to go buy more watermelon/cucumbers so I can do it all over again. The juice left in the bowl at the end, mmmmm, yum, add vodka? Seems like he right thing to do...
Aaaaahkay.... I have these ingredients in my frig minus peanuts and MSG but I don't touch the stuff. This is gonna be fantastic and Cosmo is killa cuuuuute!
Nah, spitting seeds sucks Carla - seedless produce FTW! Great and refreshing salad recipe tho (until like 11:00 I was all "whis needs some fish sauce" and you set me straight as always :) )
