Mangalore cucumber more kulambu-Step by step photos & video

Cuisine Style: TamilNadu, South India | Cooking Time: 15 minutes | To Serve: 4 | Take with: rice | Type: Lunch Gravy

Ingredients

• Mangalore cucumber[Southkayi] -1/2 or 1 cup
• Thick buttermilk (1/2 cup curd + 1 1/2 cups water)- 2 cups
• Turmeric powder- 1/4 tsp
• Ginger-1 inch piece
• Toor Dal- 1 tsp
• Rice -1 tsp
• Green Chillies- 2
• Coconut - 2 tbsp
• Cumin seeds - 1 tbsp
• Salt to taste

For Tempering

• Coconut oil/cooking oil- 1 tbsp
• Mustard seeds- 1/4 tsp
• Curry leaves- 1 spring
• Chana dal - 1 tbsp
• Urad dal - 1 tbsp
• Asafoetida- a pinch
  

Preparation

• Soak rice and Toor Dal together for 15 to 20 minutes.
• In a bowl add curd, turmeric & water beat well to make buttermilk, keep it aside.
• In a mixie jar add soaked dal, rice, cumin seeds, coconut, ginger, green chilli, finely grind
• Heat coconut oil in a pan, add mustard, chana dal, urad dal, hing, curry leaves, saute
• Add mangalore cucumber, salt, turmeric cook till soft
• Add ground mixture, buttermilk mixture cook for 5 min on low -medium flame
• Once its ready, serve hot with rice

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Perfect mangalore cucumber buttermilk curry

In a bowl add 1 tsp rice

Add 1 tsp toor dal

Soak it for 20 min

20 min later, soaked rice & dal ready

In a mixie jar add soaked dal, coconut, green chilli, ginger, cumin seeds, finely grind

Ground mixtrue ready

Remove skin & seeds of southekayi

Cut into cubes

Cubed southekayi ready

Heat 2 tbsp oil in a pan

Add mustard seeds

Add chana dal, urad dal, curry leaves, hing

Add mangalore cucumber

Add turmeric powder, saute for 2 min

Add water, cook till soft

In a bowl add curd

Add turmeric powder

add water, make buttermilk

Now itsready, keep it aside

Add ground mixture

Add buttermilk

Cook for 3 min on low flame

Add turmeric & salt, cook for 2 min on medium flame

Now itsr eady, cut off heat

Transfer buttermilk curry to bowl

Serve hot with rice

Perfect yellow curry ready