This is a very quick , easy and tasty recipe .It is tangy to taste and can be served with rice or roti as side.I always have it in my refrigerator and use it on those days when i am lazy to cook a vegetable or when i don't have any vegetables left in my pantry.
This recipe has been adapted from vah-re-vah cooking video on youtube Dosakaya pacchadi .
Ingredients
ToGrind
- 2 medium sized cucumbers(peeled,de-seeded,and cut into small chunks)
- 4 green chillies(as per your taste)
- Salt to taste
- 4 cloves of garlic(cut into pieces)
- lemon sized tamarind(washed and soaked in little water say 3 Tbsp)
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
Tempering
- 1 Tbsp oil
- 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
- pinch of asafoetida/hing
- 1 tsp urad dal
- 4-5 curry leaves(chopped)
Recipe
- Grind all the ingredients under the title "ToGrind" (It needn't be ground to a fine paste,few chunks left gives a great texture)
- Heat oil in a small pan and add the remaining ingredients under "Tempering" one by one.
- Now pour the tempering prepared in the above step to the ground mixture of cucumber.
- Mix it well.
Notes : Sometimes i also add few drops of lemon juice as i like it extra tangy.
I love experimenting with new fruits and vegetables when they have them. This time of year, my grocer always has exotic produce. Now some of course have been fails but on the whole we have found some really great ones, sad when they aren't available after the holidays though.
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