Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Kakkirikka Pachadi/ Cucumber Pachadi


Healthy, refreshing and simple.. wat more to say about kakkiri pachadi.

Ingredients:
  1. Kakkiri/Cucumber- 1 large or 2-3 small
  2. Coconut, grated- 1 cup
  3. Mustard seeds- 1 1/2 teaspoon
  4. Green chilly- 3
  5. Dried Red chilly- 2
  6. Curry leaves-8-10
  7. Sour Curd- 3/4 cup
  8. Salt- 1-2 teaspoon, as required
  9. Oil- 1 teaspoon
Method:
  1. Peel the skin of the kakkiri and cut them into very small pieces(You can use it with skin too).
  2. Grind together, curd,coconut,1 teaspoon mustard seeds,salt, green chillies to a fine paste.
  3. Mix the ground ingredients with the cut kakkiri.
  4. Heat oil in a pan and splutter mustard seeds, and add curry leaves, red chillies. 
  5. Season with the kakkiri curd mix.
  6. Serve with rice as a side dish

Kakkiri is very much refreshing especially during the summer season, But this dish is truly awesome at any time!

1 comment:

  1. Kakkiri Pachadi looks very refreshing..Pachadi is my moms fav dish and she always makes this or the vendakka pachadi:-) yummyyyy

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