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The TikTok trend is roughly as follows:
- smash a cucumber and cut in chunks
- add salt, mix and put in the fridge for a while to remove some water from the cucumber
- rince
- make a sauce with soy sauce, sesame oil, garlic, fresh ginger
- add some topping, like green onions, sesame seed, wakame seeweed, pepper flakes, cilantro, crushed peanuts or whatever you like
Maybe smash isn’t the right word (I’m not a native English speaker).
You put the cucumber on a cutting board, lay a large knife flat on it and strike the flat of the blade with the underside of your fist.