Purple cabbage cucumber pachadi | Red cabbage cucumber salad/ raita | Muttaikose vellarikka pachadi

Cuisine Style: South India | Cooking Time: 5-10 minutes | To Serve: 2 | Take with: Rice, naan, biryani, pulao, roti, chapati | Type : Raita, Pachadi, Salad

Ingredients

• Purple cabbage – ¼ cup [Grated]
• Goose berry[Amla] – 1 [cut into small cubes]
• Cucumber – 1 [cut into small cubes]
• Green chilli – 1 [finely chopped]
• Curry leaves – 1 spring [finely chopped]
• Coriander leaves – 3 tbsp [finely chopped]
• Ginger – 1 tsp [finely chopped or grated]
• Fresh curd – 4 tbsp [fully whisked, like double cream consistency]
• Lemon juice – 1 tbsp
• Salt to taste
• Oil - 1 tbsp

Preparation

• Heat oil in a pan add purple cabbage saute for 2 min, then let it cool. or steam it a steamer for 3 min.
• Take a purple cabbage in a bowl then add goose berry and cucumber & mix gently.
• Then add curry leaves, green chilli, ginger and coriander leaves.
• Sprinkle salt and lemon juice & mix well.
• Finally add fresh curd/yogurt mix well. Serve with chapati or rice.

Note

• You can add crushed pepper or seasoned ingredients [Heat pan with oil, add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, curry leaves and dry red chilli then add at the end]
  

Purple cabbage thayir pachadi

Red cabbage amla raita

Purple cabbage

Half cut purple cabbage

Cucumber

Curry leaves

Coriander Leaves

Green chilli

Lemon