Cucumber Pachadi Recipe

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Cucumber Pachadi

My mom makes this whenever she prepares a south indian thali menu. She does that during festivals. parties and functions. This is how her thali looks like. It includes Hot Rice, Avial, Banana Poriyal, Ladysfinger Kichadi, Inchi Pachadi, Cucumber Pachadi, Pumpkin Pachadi (Recipe Soon), Chilli Pachadi ,Mango Pickle, Sambar, Paruppu, Rasam, Thalicha More & Semiya Payasam.Looks like a complete menu right..This is how we enjoy our meals..This recipe is one of that menu. Hope you will like this and let me know how it turns out..

Ingredients for Cucumber Pachadi Recipe (Vellarikka Pachadi Recipe)

• Cucumber - 1 cup chopped into small pieces(You can grate it also)
• Salt to taste
• Water - ¾ cup
• Yogurt / Curd - 2 tbsp

For Grinding:

• Coconut - ¼ cup
• Green Chilli - 1
• Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - ½ tsp

For Tempering:

• Oil - 1 tsp
• Mustard Seeds / Kaduku - ½ tsp
• Curry leaves - 5

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How to Make Cucumber Pachadi Recipe (Vellarikka Pachadi Recipe)

1. Take grinding ingredients in a blender, add some water and make into a smooth paste. Set this aside till use.
2. Now take cucumber in a kadai. Season this with salt.
3. Cover with water and bring that to a boil. Simmer and cover the pot and cook till the cucumber is cooked.
4. Now add in the ground masala and mix well. Bring that to a boil.
5. Once it boils. switch off the flame. Now let it cool for 5 mins.
6. Add curd and mix well.
7. Now make tempering, by heating oil and crackling in mustard and curry leaves.
8. Add this tempering over the pachadi and mix well.
9. Serve with rice.

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Cucumber Pachadi Recipe | Kerala style Vellarikka Pachadi recipe

Amma's Cucumber Pachadi Recipe with step by step pictures. This is a very common dish made with coconut and yogurt. This little sweet and sour curry will make a delicious accompaniment with rice.

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Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes minutes

Total Time: 25 minutes minutes

Servings: 2 servings

Calories: 75kcal

Ingredients

• ▢ 1 cup Cucumber chopped into small pieces
• ▢ Salt to taste
• ▢ ¾ cup Water
• ▢ 2 tbsp Yogurt
• ▢ For Grinding:
• ▢ ¼ cup Coconut
• ▢ 1 Green Chilli
• ▢ ½ tsp Cumin Seeds
• ▢ For Tempering:
• ▢ 1 tsp Oil
• ▢ ½ tsp Mustard Seeds
• ▢ 5 Curry leaves

Instructions

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  Take grinding ingredients in a blender, add some water and make into a smooth paste. Set this aside till use.
• ▢
  Now take cucumber in a kadai. Season this with salt.
• ▢
  Cover with water and bring that to a boil. Simmer and cover the pot and cook till the cucumber is cooked.
• ▢
  Now add in the ground masala and mix well. Bring that to a boil.
• ▢
  Once it boils. switch off the flame. Now let it cool for 5 mins.
• ▢
  Add curd and mix well.
• ▢
  Now make tempering, by heating oil and crackling in mustard and curry leaves.
• ▢
  Add this tempering over the pachadi and mix well.
• ▢
  Serve with rice.

Nutrition

Serving: 1servings | Calories: 75kcal | Carbohydrates: 4g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 3mg | Sodium: 91mg | Potassium: 76mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 121IU | Vitamin C: 53mg | Calcium: 43mg | Iron: 1mg

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Cucumber Pachadi Recipe Step by Step

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Take grinding ingredients in a blender