Creamy Dill Cucumber Salad With Sour Cream Or Yogurt Dressing | German Cucumber Salad
Dill Cucumber Salad or German Cucumber Salad is one of my favorite, classic, best, and easy to make creamy salad recipe prepared using fresh cucumber, dill, onions, and a 4-ingredient creamy salad dressing in less than 15 minutes.This is one of the most refreshing and cooling salad recipes to try this summer, perfect for potlucks, picnics, 4th of July BBQ grilling party. This cucumber salad can be served as a light meal in itself or as a side for your lunch or dinner.
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 89kcal
Ingredients
- 3 medium Cucumber (peeled, seeds removed ,and sliced)
- 1 Onion , sliced (optional)
- 2 tablespoon Dill leaves (finely chopped)
- ½ cup to ¾ cup Sour cream or thick yogurt (Use coconut yogurt for vegan version)
- ¼ teaspoon Garlic powder or 1 Garlic clove (grated)
- ½ teaspoon Salt
- ½ teaspoon Sugar
- 1 tablespoon Lemon juice
(You can check below for substitutions and variations)
Instructions
- Prepare Sour Cream Dressing or Yogurt Dressing: In a bowl, add sour cream or yogurt, garlic powder, salt, sugar, lemon juice and stir until combined.½ cup to ¾ cup Sour cream, ¼ teaspoon Garlic powder, ½ teaspoon Salt, ½ teaspoon Sugar, 1 tablespoon Lemon juice
- In a mixing bowl add cucumber, dill, and onions. Now add the dressing (from above) and toss to combine.3 medium Cucumber, 1 Onion, 2 tablespoon Dill leaves
- For best results, cover and chill for an hour before you are ready to serve.
Notes
- Depending on what is available in my pantry I switch between Greek yogurt and sour cream. I have also tried regular plain yogurt (Dahi) and it still tastes delicious. Just that it won’t be much creamy. You can even add 2 tablespoon of mayonnaise if you are using plain yogurt.
- I generally don’t add onion while making this salad for kids. So you can skip adding onions.
- Cucumber and Dill go well together but if you are a person who cannot stand the flavor of dill, you can use any other fresh herbs like basil, cilantro (coriander), or parsley.
- You can substitute lemon juice with vinegar.
- Adjust salt and sugar to taste.
- Love more colors in the salad? Feel free to add tomatoes, bell peppers, pomegranate, etc.
- The cucumber seeds makes the salad watery, so I recommend you remove the seeds.
- Depending on how creamy you want your salad, adjust the amount of sour cream or yogurt.
- You can also substitute garlic powder with one fresh garlic clove, finely grated.
- The texture of the salad will vary depending on how you slice the cucumber, whether you peel or unpeel its skin.
- You can garnish the salad with pepper or paprika or red pepper flakes for an extra kick.
- Mustard fan? Feel free to add a bit for additional tang and zing.
Nutrition
Calories: 89kcal | Carbohydrates: 8g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 17mg | Sodium: 304mg | Potassium: 289mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 304IU | Vitamin C: 9mg | Calcium: 57mg | Iron: 0.4mg