CUCUMBER CHUTNEY
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Cucumber Chutney
Cucumber or the lemon cucumber is also called as Dosakaya in Telugu is a cherished vegetable in Andhra cuisine. The lemon cucumber is generally spherical is shape, yellow in color. The lemon cucumber or dosakaya is commonly cooked as curry, added in sambar or soup, dal and pickle and chutney.
The lemon cucumber chutney is a very simple one and easy to prepare. The chutney is made with the firm dosakaya. Cucumber chutney is tangy and spicy chutney. It is best served with hot rice and ghee or hot garlic naan. Cucumbers originated in India. Large genetic variety of cucumber has been observed in different parts of India. The lemon cucumber is about a base ball sized producing lemon yellow colored fruit. The flavor of lemon cucumber is excellent, a bit sweeter than normal cucumbers and doesn’t have much of the chemical that makes other cucumbers bitter and hard to digest. Though it’s often served raw, it’s also a good pickling cucumber. They have very crunchy flesh and are very juicy, particularly in the centre. Despite their name and looks, they have no lemon flavour.
Preparing the cucumber chutney is very simple. Peel the cucumber and remove the seeds. Cut into small pieces. Before you start the chutney just taste the cucumber so that it’s not bitter. If its bitter than you will have to throw away the cucumber. To the blender add, cucumber pieces, green chillies, cumin seeds, garlic, tamarind, salt and blend to a coarse paste. For tempering add oil in a pan, put mustard seeds, red chillies, urad dal, curry leaves and once the urad dal is light brown remove and mix it to the cucumber mixture. Serve with hot rice and ghee or naan. The urad dal gives a nice crunchiness to the chutney. The cucumber chutney is very aromatic by the flavors of cumin, green chillies and cucumber. This Roasted Lemon Cucumber Chutney has a very delicious and amazing smoky flavor, tanginess and hot taste that are out of this world!
In Andhra Pradesh, lemon cucumber chutney (dosakaya pachadi) are often served with a mixed- dal chutney powder (called “kandipodi”) and ghee (clarified butter). Lemon cucumbers are low in cholesterol and as such great to include in your meal.
Recipe: Cucumber Chutney
Summary: Cucumber Chutney Recipe made easy, learn how to make Cucumber Chutney Recipes at home.
Ingredients
- cucumber – 1 – number
- cumin seeds -1-tsp
- curry leaves – 1 - springs
- garlic cloves – 4 – number
- Green Chillies – 2 – number
- mustard seeds – pinch
- oil – 1/2 – tsp
- red chilli dry – 2 – number
- salt – as needed
- tamarind – 0 – as needed
- urad dal -1 - tsp
Instructions
- peel the cucumber remove the seeds and cut into pieces.
- add to blender cucumber pieces,green chillies,cumin seeds,garlic,tamarind, salt and blend to a corse paste.
- for tempering add oil,mustard seed,red chilli,urad dal,curry leaves once urad dal is light brown remove and add to the cucumber mixture.
- serve with hot rice or naan
Cooking time (duration): 25
Diet type: Vegetarian
Number of servings (yield): 4
Meal type: lunch
My rating:
Recipe by Vahchef.
Lemon cucumbers can sometimes be bitter, so be sure to taste the cucumber before making the chutney. For calorie conscious people, they can avoid the tempering and eat the chutney with roti, chapatti or naan.
3:58 pm
Dear chef,
cucumber chutney was really amazing dish and a new one. A small tip to take away the bitterness in cucumber. cut one end of the cucumber and start rubbing it against the cut portion for abt 30 sec-1 min..repeat the process at the other end too . Note tht we have to do this before peeling off the skin. BTW i love ur show which is full of energy and passion.
rgds jayshri