Dosa kaaya pachadi

Once upon a time, long long ago, back in the mother country I went to a friend's house and her mom made this "Chutney" with Yellow Cucumber. My mom never made it. I had no idea what it was, but boy oh boy it was delicious.

I had to ask my friend's mom for the recipe and then finally one day when I found this in the market I got it and I made it myself. Its super delicious and it goes great with white rice or with Dosa or Idli or anything else you want chunky chutney with

Dosa kaaya pachadi (Yellow cucumber side)

Yellow Melon cucumber

Ingredients:

1. 1 medium sized Dosakaya/yellow Cucumber
2. 2 tsp Oil
3. 2 Garlic cloves
4. 3 Red chili
5. 1 teaspoon Coriander or dhaniya powder
6. 1/2 teaspoon each of Cumin seeds, Fenugreek seeds, salt, mustard seeds
7. 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
8. 1/2 cup thick juice from golf ball sized tamarind
9. few curry leaves

Peel and chop the cucumbers into small pieces.

Heat oilin a pan and add cumin and methi seeds, curry leaves and red chillies until they start to splatter. Add chopped garlic and fry for 30 seconds. Add the cucumber pieces and cook covered for 10 minutes or until they get soft. Add the tamarind juice and mix well and coo for 5 more minutes. Enjoy with rice/dosa or idli