Cucumber pachadi | Vellarikka pachadi | Cucumber salad

Cuisine Style: South India | Cooking Time: 5 minutes | To Serve: 2 | Take with: Rice, roti, naan, chapati, biryani | Type : Raita, Pachadi, Salad

Ingredients

• Cucumber – 2 small [cut in to cubes]
• Green chilli – ½ tbsp [finely chopped]
• Pepper powder – ¼ tsp
• Coriander leaves – 2 tbsp [finely chopped]
• Fresh curd – 2 tbsp [fully whisked]
• Lemon juice – ½ tbsp
• Salt to taste
  

For seasoning

• Ground nut oil – 1 tbsp
• Mustard seeds – 1 spring
• Curry leaves – ½ tbsp

Method

• Cut cucumber in to cubes.
• In a bowl put cucumber, green chilli, pepper powder, salt, coriander leaves and curd mix well. then sprinkle lemon juice mix gently.
• Heat pan with oil add mustard seeds and curry leaves. Cut off heat & sprinkle seasoned ingredients into cucumber mixture. Serve with chapathi or biryani.
  

Simple cucumber raita