Our hot tropical summer demands a cool & refreshing salad to start our every meal and this smashed cucumber salad is just the perfect one to fit in! Plus it gives us the much needed spicy kick that we Indians always crave for!

Since the time I have started my lifelong fitness journey, I don't remember a single meal that I have started without a large bowl of fresh salad! Whatever season it may be!

And now it has been a default part of our daily meals!

On regular days, we start our meals with a generous serving of freshly cut cucumber, tomatoes, carrots, beetroot and whatever other seasonal salad we can source.

Then on a fine day I stumbled upon this unique cucumber salad which the internet was going nuts over! Smashed cucumber salad!

A smashed salad? Really? Am I reading it right?

Well it turned out that I was reading it right and therefore was no way other than trying it myself and see why it is going so viral!

What is smashed cucumber salad?

I am sure you have seen multiple viral videos of smashed cucumber salad on various platforms, so I guess I do not need to explicitly describe what this salad actually means!

If you haven't seen it, you can check out my video of this viral salad here or below!

I don’t know how this trend started or who got the idea of smashing the cucumbers before tossing them in that incredible chilli oil dressing.

But whoever brought this into existence, we must thank them for their innovation!

The cracks created due to the smashing absorb the spicy salad dressing beautifully making the salad taste insanely addictive!

And that’s what has made this salad viral; I am completely ignoring the weird satisfaction we get from smashing the cucumbers!

You must try this at least once to get a taste of this smashed magic!

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