Ingredients:
Cucumber (washed and cubed) half cup
Tomato one small (chopped)
Jaggery (optional)
Salt (to taste)
Oil 3 tsp
To Grind:
Grated coconut half cup
Coriander seed 2 tsp
Cumin (jeera) 1 tsp
Urad dal 1 tsp
Dry red chili 4-5
Methi seed 1/4 tsp
Tamarind paste 2 tsp(optional)
Turmeric 1 pinch
To Seasoning:
Curry leaves 1 strand
Mustard seeds 1 tsp
Asafoetida (hing) 1/2 tsp
Method:
- Wash and soak green moong dal at over night.
- Next morning cook the dal, in a pressure cooker.
- Put the cubed cucumber in another vessel.
- Add half cup water(or more) and turmeric let it boil.
- In the mean time take pan heat oil add to be grind ingredients except coconut,tamarind,turmeric
- Fry until you get nice aroma.
- Once the mixture is cool grind it to smooth paste along with coconut and turmeric.
- Once the cucumber is half boiled add tomato, salt.
- Once the cucumber is cooked add boiled dal,jagerry mix it well.
- Now add grinded mixture in to the cooked cube and adjust the water and mix well.
- Cook on medium flame for about 5-10 minutes.
- Not add too much water for curry.
- Finally add the seasoning and serve hot with rice or dosa.
Note:
- If you do not like the moong dal you can skip it.
- Pressure cook is optional you can boil the dal with any other vessel also,
- If you use pressure cooker,cook for 1 whistle.
- In this curry i skipped tamarind because i used tomato instead of tamarind.
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