Cucumber Pachadi

 I love this Kerala dish, which is so yummy with red rice. It is very cooling for the body.

Ingredients

1 cup of peeled, deseeded cucumber cut into small pieces.

1 ½ cup water

1 green chilli

Salt to taste

1 cup beaten yoghurt

To grind

½  cup grated coconut

½ tbsp cut onion

½ tsp mustard seeds

¼ cup water

To temper

1 tbsp oil

¼ tsp mustard seeds

1 red chilli broken to piece 

1 tsp cut onion

A few curry leaves

Instruction

-          Put the cut cucumber in a pan with the green chilli, salt and water on fire.

-          Grind the coconut and onion. Keep adding water little by little and grind it smooth. Now add the mustard seeds and just run the grinder only once, to break, but not grind the mustard.

-          The cucumber pieces look transparent when cooked.

-          Add the ground coconut paste, then the beaten yoghurt. When it starts boiling, remove from fire and add the tempering.

-          Serve with steamed rice and dal.