Ingredients:
1. Cucumber- 1 medium sized
2. Coconut grated - 1/2 cup
3. Mustard seeds - 1 and 1/2 teaspoon
4. Green chilli - 1
5. Dried red chilli - 1
6. Curry leaves - few
7. Yogurt/Curd - 1 cup
8. Oil - 1 teaspoon
9. Salt to taste
Method:
1, Wash the cucumber, peel the skin off and cut into small pieces. Transfer cucumber in a mixing bowl.
2. Grind coconut and green chilly into a fine paste. Roughly crush 1 teaspoon of mustard seeds. Add the coconut paste, crushed mustard, yogurt and salt to cucumber and mix thoroughly.
3. For seasoning, heat oil in a pan and splutter 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds. Add dried red chilly and curry leaves. Transfer this seasoning to salad and serve as a side dish for rice and curry.
1. Cucumber- 1 medium sized
2. Coconut grated - 1/2 cup
3. Mustard seeds - 1 and 1/2 teaspoon
4. Green chilli - 1
5. Dried red chilli - 1
6. Curry leaves - few
7. Yogurt/Curd - 1 cup
8. Oil - 1 teaspoon
9. Salt to taste
Method:
1, Wash the cucumber, peel the skin off and cut into small pieces. Transfer cucumber in a mixing bowl.
2. Grind coconut and green chilly into a fine paste. Roughly crush 1 teaspoon of mustard seeds. Add the coconut paste, crushed mustard, yogurt and salt to cucumber and mix thoroughly.
3. For seasoning, heat oil in a pan and splutter 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds. Add dried red chilly and curry leaves. Transfer this seasoning to salad and serve as a side dish for rice and curry.
I made this recipe as part of the "Shh Cooking Secretly" event. This is an event started by Priya of Priya's Versatile Recipe and now being taken forward by Mayuri of Mayuri's Jikoni. At the beginning of the month a theme is chosen by one of the participants and all the participants are grouped in pairs. The participants will exchange 2 secret ingredients with their partners who are suppose to prepare a dish that matches the theme of that month.
This month's theme is "Summer Salads" and it was chosen by Kalyani Sri of "Sizzling Tastebuds".
My partner for this month is Renu Agarwal Dongre and she shared cucumber and salt as my secret ingredients and I shared her watermelon rind and salt as her ingredients. She made "Raw Watermelon rind and Avocado Salad". Do visit her blog "Cook With Renu" to check for amazing collection of dishes. I have bookmarked couple of recipes from her blog to try in future: "Whole Wheat Methi Matri" and "Baked Falafel".
That looks fab, Anu ! we make it similarly with an addition of Ginger too in the masala paste. its my hubby's fav pachadi
ReplyDeleteLovely, refreshing salad! I love such salads with curd, as they pair so well with regular Indian meals. :) Perfect for summer!
ReplyDeleteSuch a cooling and filling cucumber salad. Perfect for the hot summer days. I could eat a whole bowl full of this Kerala Style Cucumber Salad on its own.
ReplyDeleteThis looks yummy . We make a similar version by grinding some ginger along with the coconut. This is my favorite pachadi any day .
ReplyDeleteYummy salad, I often make this at home. It is ideal to serve with any Indian meal.
ReplyDeleteAn authentic cucumber salad with fresh coconut, cooling summer salad with Cucumber looks awesome, I prepare the same by cooking the masala paste.
ReplyDeleteLove the look of this Kerala style cucumber coconut salad with yogurt. Sounds absolutely refreshing just oerfct for Summer afternoon.
ReplyDeleteThis salad looks so refreshing. A prefect and light meal in itself on hot summer afternoons.Lives the addition of coconut .
ReplyDeleteI like the addition of crushed coconut and green chilly here. Addition of this to the cucumber salad looks very refreshing and yummy.
ReplyDeleteAh... that looks amazing! I agree, this can be eaten just like a salad on its own, when cold... so cooling to the tummy...
ReplyDeleteI regularly prepared cucumber salad but loved your version kerala style cucumber salad. coconut, chili paste and crushed mustard powder surely added good unique taste, will try this soon.
ReplyDeleteI love this simple salad. Goes well as a side dish with anything
ReplyDeleteI love this salad. Its delicious, simple to make n you can make dozens of variations. The best part is you can eat it just plain or with any meal.
ReplyDeleteI love this cucumber salad and make it often in home. Perfect to enjoy as a meal or as a side dish.
ReplyDeleteThis Kerala style cucumber salad looks so refreshing. It is a prefect light meal on hot summer days..
ReplyDeleteWeekend never get done without passing a bowl of this comfort. The flavour of the ground coconut and the yogurt mixed together is amazing and filling.
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