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.