Six amazing ways to use cucumber!

Cucumber is fresh, crunchy and has a sweet and refreshing flavor. It is a perfect veggie to have raw or in salads but there are also many things which you can do with it.

Here are some of the things you can do with a fresh cucumber:   

Put a sliced cucumber on your eyelids as it is good for eyes. The cooling sensation of the cucumbers helps in soothing the red and tired eyes.  

If you want a glowing skin, then try doing cucumber facial. It cleanses and soothes the skin and also acts as a natural astringent. Mix cucumber with a few mint leaves, a tablespoon of lemon juice and an egg white to make a face pack. Apply it on a clean face, keep it on for 15 minutes and wash off with warm water.

You can even make soup out of cucumber and its cold soup is the best thing you can have in the hot summer season. Take peeled cucumbers and mix it with one cup each of plain yogurt and sour cream. Add salt, pepper and garlic powder to taste. Mix well and keep it for cooling for 2 hours.

Enjoy the refreshing cucumber water in the hot summer season. Put thin slices of cucumber to a pitcher of water and refrigerate it for some time before having it to rehydrate yourself.

You can also eat a tasty pickle made out from crunchy cucumber. Slice the cucumbers and mix well with the other ingredients and put it in a mason jar. Keep the cucumber jar for a month to get the taste of the pickle.

Cucumber tastes good when mixed with yogurt as raita. And you can also make salsa dip out of it by mixing with tomatoes, corns and hot pepper.

Cucumbers are often used for making English sandwiches. Take some sliced cucumbers between two slices of bread with a thin layer of cream cheese on each slice.

By: Irengbam Jenny