Sunday, February 28, 2010

Cucumber thayir pachadi

Ingredients:
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Cucumber - 1 large
coconut - 2 tsp
Green chillies - 2
salt - to taste
Sugar - 1/4 tsp
Curd - 2 cups

For Tempering:
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Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves - few
Urad Dal - 1/4 tsp

Method:
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  • Grate the cucumber or chop it finely.
  • Grind coconut,mustard seeds(1/4 tsp) and green chillies together coarsely.(Just a turn in a mixie would do)
  • Add all the ingredients together and temper it with mustard,curry leaves and urad dhal.
  • Just before serving add curd and mix well.
The same pachadi can be prepared with ladies finger,vazhaithandu(Plaintain stem),tomato,ash gourd(Elavan).

For ladies finger pachadi,chop the vegetable finely.Roast it well in a tsp of oil and then use it.

For vazhaithandu and elavan pachadi,chop it finely and cook covered with water.Then use it for pachadi.

1 comment:

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