Cucumber

Cucumis sativusAlso called cuke

Cucumber is a fruit that cooks treat as a vegetable. It has a fruity aroma and can be eaten raw or pickled.

Plant-based
Gluten-free
No listed allergens

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Category: Vegetables
Part used: Fruit
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Cooked most in: Asia, The Americas, Europe
Top country: Indonesia
Dishes: 23 in the catalogue
Energy: 16 kcal per 100 g

Photo: Nikodem Nijaki · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use cucumber

Typical ways to cook or use it

Pickle
Raw

Flavour

Taste and texture

Aroma

Fruity

Nutrition

What 100 g of cucumber holds

Per 100 g, raw. Averages from USDA; real values vary by variety, season and growing conditions.

Protein 17%Fat 5%Carbohydrate 79%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of cucumber, raw
Energy	16 kcal · 44 kJ
Protein	0.63 g
Fat	0.18 g
of which saturated	0.08 g
Carbohydrate	3 g
of which sugars	1.4 g
Fibre	0.7 g
Sodium	1.5 mg
Cholesterol	0 mg

Nutrition per 100 g of cucumber, raw: minerals and vitamins
Potassium	170 mg
Calcium	16 mg
Magnesium	10 mg
Zinc	0.2 mg
Vitamin C	3.2 mg
Vitamin A (RAE)	4 µg
Folate	14 µg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (foods 169225, 2346406), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

Around the world

Where cucumber is cooked

23 dishes in the catalogue use cucumber. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Countries whose dishes use it most

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list cucumber among their ingredients.

Origins

Native to: Asia
First cultivated: in India

The 800s · France
Cucumber cultivation was recorded in France in the 9th century.
The 1300s · United Kingdom
Cucumber cultivation was recorded in England in the 14th century.
1494 · Haiti
Spanish voyagers brought cucumbers to Haiti.
1535 · Canada
Jacques Cartier found cucumbers growing at the site of present-day Montreal.

On the table

Dishes made with cucumber

22 of the 23 catalogued dishes that use it, spread across the countries they come from.

Caluk noodles
Indonesia
Olivier salad
Russia
Hamburger
Germany, United States
Danwake
Nigeria
Çoban salad
Türkiye
Afghan salad
Afghanistan
California roll
United States
Cold borscht
Vitamin salad
Snow White salad
Bulgaria
B.C. roll
Canada
Hirçkî
Gado-gado
Indonesia
Asinan Bogor
Indonesia
Nasi lapola
Indonesia
Rujak cingur
Indonesia
Karedok
Indonesia
Rice lengko
Indonesia
Kohu-kohu
Indonesia
Pempek Kapal Selam
Indonesia
Rujak manis
Indonesia
Cold borscht

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include cucumber.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: cucumber in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.

Allergens: None of the 15 listed allergens foundChecked and not found: soy, eggs, fish, milk, lupin, wheat, celery, sesame, mustard, peanuts, molluscs, sulphites, tree nuts, crustaceans, gluten cereals.
Animal origin: No animal ingredients foundChecked and not found: egg, fish, meat, dairy, honey, insect, gelatin, poultry, bone char, shellfish, other animal, animal fining, animal rennet.
Gluten: None
Alcohol: None
Caffeine: None
Pork: None

Family

Related forms

Made from it: pickled cucumber (pickled)

Around the world

What cucumber is called

Names in 51 languages, from Wikidata.

Spanish
pepino
French
concombre
Italian
cetriolo
German
Gurke
Dutch
komkommer
Greek
αγγούρι
Russian
огурец · огурцы
Polish
ogórek
Arabic
الخيار
Hebrew
מלפפון
Bangla
শসা
Chinese
黄瓜 · 拍黄瓜

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Aragonese
Pepín
Basque
pepino · luzoker · kuialuze · konkonbre
Belarusian
агурок
Belarusian (Taraskievica orthography)
агурок
Bislama
kukumba
Bosnian
krastavac · krastavci
Burmese
သခွား
Catalan
cogombre
Cornish
kukomber
Czech
okurka
Danish
agurk
Esperanto
serpentkukumo
Finnish
kurkku
Frafra
sambole
Galician
cogombro
Hausa
gurji
Hungarian
uborka
Irish
cúcamar
Japanese
キュウリ · きゅうり
kbp
kɔŋkɔmbrɩ
Latvian
gurķi
Malay
timun
Manipuri
ꯊꯕꯤ
Minangkabau
mantimun
Navajo
taʼneeskʼání áłtsʼóózígíí
Norwegian Bokmål
agurk
Old English
hwerhwette · cucumis · eorþæppel
Pontic
αγγούρ'
Santali
ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱨ
Shan
တႅင်
Simplified Chinese
黄瓜 · 青瓜
Sindhi
کيرو
Slovenian
kumara · kumarica · kumarice
Swahili
tango
Swedish
gurka
Tatar
кыяр
Tatar (Cyrillic)
кыяр
Thai
แตงกวา
Tumbuka
nkhaka
Ukrainian
огірок · огірки
Veps
kurk
Zhuang
lwgbieng

Sources and credits

Data

GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
USDA FoodData Central (Foundation, SR Legacy): nutrition values (Public domain (US government work, CC0))
Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
Wikimedia Commons: photos
Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Wikidata item: Q2735883

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