CUCUMBER KICHADI

 CUCUMBER KICHADI 

Ingredients

1 small cucumber, peeled and grated
1 small piece of ginger
2 green chilies
4 tbsps. of grated coconut
2 tsp mustard seeds
2 tsps. of oil
11/2 cups of fresh curd
salt to taste

1 tbsp. chopped coriander leaves.

Method of Preparation
Squeeze out all the juice from the grated cucumber. This juice is nutritious and hence can be added to any other dish with gravy
Add salt to cucumber as per taste.
Grind together 1 tsp mustard seeds, coconut, chilies and ginger with 2 tablespoons of curd.
Add this ground paste to the cucumber. In a pan heat the oil. Add mustard seeds.
When the mustard seeds start spluttering add it to the cucumber.
Put this cucumber mixture in the fridge. Just before serving add the curd to, it and stir well.
Garnish with chopped coriander leaves