Friday, December 21, 2007

Curd based Yellow Cucumber Chutney

Curd based Yellow Cucumber Chutney


Ingredients

500 gm yellow cucumber
1/2 coconut
5 green chillies
1 tablespoon mustard seeds
1" piece ginger
1 cup curd
1 teaspoon salt

For seasoning the chutney

4 teaspoon coconut oil
2 red chillies, broken into bits
2 teaspoon curry leaves
1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds

For garnishing chutney

2 tablespoon coriander leaves, chopped

Method of preparation of the chutney

1. Wash, peel and chop the cucumber.

2. grind the coconut, green chillies, mustard and the ginger to a fine paste.

3. cook the cucumber with salt till just tender.

4. Add the ground paste, curd and mix the contents well. cook further for five more minutes. remove it from fire and transfer the contents to a serving dish.

5. Heat oil and saute the seasoning ingredients. Pour it over the cucumber chutney and mix well.

6. Garnish the chutney with the chopped coriander leaves.

7. The chutney can be consumed upto three days

8. Serve with any snack or hot rice.

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