Instructions: Mint gives this summer salad a particularly refreshing taste. Good with kibbeh but not with fish, on account of the laban.

Break the laban curd with a spoon and stir until smooth. Combine with cucumbers. Work garlic to a paste with salt and mix it with a spoonful of laban before adding to the cucumber mixture. Add mint.

Finely shredded lettuce may be substituted for cucumber when out of season.

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