Ingredients:
Cucumber – 1
Split Green gram (Paasi Parupu) – 1 tbsp
Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
Urad Dal – 1 tsp
Green chillies – 2 nos
Grated coconut – 1 tbsp
Curry leaves
Salt to taste
Method:
- Peel off the skin and chop the cucumber into small pieces.
- Soak split green gram in water for 10 – 15 minutes.
- Heat oil in a kadai and fry mustard seeds, urad dal, curry leaves and chopped green chillies.
- To this add soaked split green gram and water and let it boil.
- When the split green gram dal gets almost 80% cooked, add chopped cucumber.
- Sprinkle water when needed and add required salt.
- Mix and saute till the whole mixture until it gets cooked well.
- Finally add grated coconut and remove from fire.
- Serve this dish as an accompaniment to rice and hot curry.
- This is a cool recipe for a hot summer day.
