Hi everyone, I hope you’re all doing great and getting ready for Onam! It’s been a while since I last posted on my blog, and many of you have been asking why. The reason is that I’ve been on vacation, traveling to some beautiful places in Europe for the past two weeks. Now, as I’m wrapping up my trip, I’ve finally found some time to get back to blogging.
On this special occasion of Onam, I’d like to share one of my favorite recipes with you – Cucumber Pachadi. This side dish is a staple in Malayali cuisine, and it’s absolutely delicious, healthy, and perfect for any vegetarian Sadya or feast.
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If you have a fresh cucumber and some curd on hand, you can whip up this dish quickly. The other ingredients, such as mustard, curry leaves, and green chilies, are common staples found in most kitchens. You can make this delicious Cucumber Pachadi in no time!
Cucumber is also packed with medicinal value, rich in vitamins, folic acid, iron, potassium, zinc, and more.
I can enjoy rice with this pachadi paired with any of my favorite pickles.
Preparation Time: 5 minutes
Cooking Time: 10 minutes
Serves: 4
Calories: 81 per serving
Author: Seena
Ingredients for Cucumber Pachadi:
Cucumber – one medium sized
Coconut grated – 1 cup
Ginger – 1” piece
Plain sour Yogurt – ½ cup
Green Chilly – 1
Salt – to taste
Coconut Oil – 1 tbsp.
Mustard Seeds – 1 tsp.
Dry Red Chilly – 1
Shallots – 2 nr.
Curry Leaves – 1 sprig
How to Make Vellarikka Pachadi:
Peel the cucumber, discard the seeds and cut it into small cubes.
Grind coconut, mustard, green chili and ginger into a smooth paste by adding 1 tbsp. of water or yogurt.
Cook cucumber with little water and salt. Add the ground coconut paste to this and let it come to boil on low flame. Remove from heat and allow it to cool completely.
Once it cools down, add curd and if necessary, add little more salt to this.
In a kadai, do the seasoning with oil, mustard seeds, dry red chilly, shallots and curry leaves in order. Pour this seasoning over the pachadi.
Your cucumber pachadi is ready now to be served. Enjoy Onam with this simple Cucumber Pachadi.
Happy Onam to you all.
My Recipe Notes:
- Adjust spice level to suit your taste.
- Adjust gravy consistency as per your requirement.
- Use only fresh and sour yogurt to make this pachadi.
- Use fresh cucumber.
Happy Cooking..
Cheers
Seena.
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