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Yellow Cucumber / Vellarikka Kalan

Published on September 07, 2024
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Ingredients:

2 cups / 1 vellarikka ( yellow cucumber )

3 green chillies, slit

1 tsp turmeric powder

1 tsp pepper powder

1 1/2 cup grated coconut

1 tsp cumin seeds

2 cup yogurt / curd

3/4 tsp roasted fenugreek powder

2 sprig curry leaves

salt to taste

1 tsp mustard seeds

2 dry red chillies

1/2 tsp fenugreek seeds

1 tbsp ghee / coconut oil

Preparation:

  1. Peel and chop vellarikka / yellow cucumber into cubes.
  2. Grind grated coconut with cumin seeds and little yogurt to a paste and keep it side.
  3. In a pan / clay pot, add cubed vellarikka, slit green chillies, few curry leaves, turmeric powder, pepper powder, salt and 1 cup of water, mix well and cook covered at medium flame until the pieces are cooked and soft.
  4. Reduce the flame to low and add beaten yogurt and stir continuously until it becomes thick.
  5. Then add ground coconut paste, mix well and cook for 5 minutes. Adjust the salt and switch off the flame.
  6. Add roasted fenugreek powder and mix well.
  7. Heat ghee / oil in a small pan and splutter mustard seeds. Add fenugreek seeds, dry red chillies and curry leaves and fry.
  8. Pour this seasoning over the curry and mix well. Keep it covered till ready to serve and then serve with rice…

Yellow Cucumber / Vellarikka Kalan

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Shabbu's Tasty Kitchen
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Ingredients

  • 2 cups / 1 vellarikka (yellow cucumber)
  • 3 green chillies, slit
  • 1 tsp turmeric powder
  • 1 tsp pepper powder
  • 1 1/2 cup grated coconut
  • 1 tsp cumin seeds
  • 2 cup yogurt / curd
  • 3/4 tsp roasted fenugreek powder
  • 2 sprig curry leaves
  • salt to taste
  • 1 tsp mustard seeds
  • 2 dry red chillies
  • 1/2 tsp fenugreek seeds
  • 1 tbsp ghee / coconut oil

Instructions

  1. 1
    Peel and chop vellarikka / yellow cucumber into cubes.
  2. 2
    Grind grated coconut with cumin seeds and little yogurt to a paste and keep it side.
  3. 3
    In a pan / clay pot, add cubed vellarikka, slit green chillies, few curry leaves, turmeric powder, pepper powder, salt and 1 cup of water, mix well and cook covered at medium flame until the pieces are cooked and soft.
  4. 4
    Reduce the flame to low and add beaten yogurt and stir continuously until it becomes thick.
  5. 5
    Then add ground coconut paste, mix well and cook for 5 minutes. Adjust the salt and switch off the flame.
  6. 6
    Add roasted fenugreek powder and mix well.
  7. 7
    Heat ghee / oil in a small pan and splutter mustard seeds. Add fenugreek seeds, dry red chillies and curry leaves and fry.
  8. 8
    Pour this seasoning over the curry and mix well. Keep it covered till ready to serve and then serve with rice.

Description

A comforting curry made from yellow cucumber, coconut, and yogurt, seasoned with roasted fenugreek and spices.