Cucumber Chutney

Cucumber Chutney, my all time favorite chutney, this chutney my mom used to make in manual hand grinder (Roti Pachadi). I love to eat it with hot white rice with a touch of home made ghee. To make this chutney, usually they cook whole cucumber on stove top or roasting it on open fire on boggulu gives a unique smoky taste. If you have gas stove, I would suggest you to cook whole cucumber directly on stove. But as I am having electric stove, this is an alternative to make this chutney but not to get its original smoky taste.

Ingredients:
Yellow Cucumber – 1 small
Chana Dal – 1 tsp
Urad dal – 1tsp
Mustard seeds – ½ tsp
Red Chilli whole – 4
Coriander Leaves – few
Tamarind
Hing
Turmeric – small pinch
Oil

Procedure:

Take a pan, add oil, when it is hot enough, add red chilli, chana dal and fry for 1 min, then add urad dal, and fry for 30 sec., then add mustard seeds. When they crackle, add hing, coriander leaves, tamarind and cook for another 2 min., and set aside to cool down and make it into a coarse mixture.

In the same pan, add cucumber pieces and little salt, turmeric and cook till they are soft, and let it cool down to room temperature.

Now add cucumber to blender and grind into fine paste.

Adjust salt and serve with hot rice and Ghee.

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