Recipe for Marinated salmon and cucumber salad

Makes a perfect light lunch or early supper on a hot day.

Serves 2.¼ tsp wasabi powder 20ml

(2 dessertspoons) lemon juice

250g (9oz) salmon fillet, boned and skinned, thinly sliced into 8 pieces

1/3 cucumber, seeded and coarsely grated

½ tsp caster sugar

2 spring onions, finely sliced 50ml (2fl oz) soy sauce

Dissolve the wasabi in the lemon juice and mix it with the salmon. Place it in the fridge for 15 minutes, stirring once.

Meanwhile, mix the cucumber with the sugar and put it in the fridge.

Just before serving, drain and discard the liquid from the cucumber, then mix the cucumber with the marinated salmon and spring onions and serve in small bowls, with the soy sauce drizzled over to taste.