Cucumber (Velrikai) Pachi Morukuzhambu (Tamil Nadu Cuisine)

 Velrikai Pachi Morukuzhambu 

Ingredients:

Cucumber peeled and diced. 

1/2 coconut grated

1/2 tsp mustard

2 green chillies. You can add more depending on your spice levels. 

1 cup yoghurt

Salt to taste  ( 1tsp)

1 tsp rice powder. 

1 tbsp oil, 1/2 tsp Mustard and Curry leaves for saute, hing (Asafoetida)

Preparation Method and Time (15 minutes)

Boil cucumber in 2 cups water with 1 tsp salt for 5 minutes. Take coconut, mustard, rice powder, green chillies, hing and grind them together in a blender. Now add the paste to the cucumber and let it simmer for another 5 minutes. Now take oil in a small pan and saute mustard, curry leaves, pinch of hing and add to the cucumber gravy. 

Let it cool and now add 1 cup of yoghurt to the cooled curry. Pachi Velrikai (Cucumber ) morukuzhambu is ready. 

Cucumber Kadugu Vella Pachidhi

Ingredients:

1/2 coconut grated 

1/2 tsp mustard

2 Red chillies ( Guntur/ Bydegi) . You can add more depending on your spice levels. 

1 small size tamarind. 

1 lemon size Jaggery

1 tsp rice powder

Hing to taste

1 tbsp oil, 1/2 tsp Mustard and Curry leaves for saute, hing (Asafoetida)

Preparation Method and Time (15 minutes)

Boil cucumber in 2 cups water with 1 tsp salt for 5 minutes. Take coconut, mustard, red chillies, hing and grind them together in a blender. Now add the paste, rice powder, Jaggery to the cucumber and let it simmer for another 5 minutes. Now take oil in a small pan and saute mustard, curry leaves, pinch of hing and add to the cucumber gravy. Let it simmer for 5 minutes and then serve this with hot rice and pappad.