Cucumber salad with pickled red onions

• sugar↗25g g
• Japanese vinegar↗50ml ml
• red onion↗

  finely sliced into rings

• cucumber↗1

  halved, deseeded then diced

Step-by-step instructions

1. 1

   Pour 100ml water into a saucepan. Add the sugar and vinegar and bring to the boil. Put the onion into a bowl, then pour over the hot liquid and leave for 5 mins. Add the cucumber and set aside to steep and cool.