Pachadi

Ingredients:

• Golden cucumber
• Green chilies
• Salt
• Yogurt
• Grated coconut
• Mustard seeds
• Dry red chilies
• Curry leaves
• Grated ginger

Method:

Grind grated coconut,green chilies,grated ginger and mustard seeds.
Cook chopped cucumber in a shallow pan with water and salt.
Beat the yogurt with little water and add cooked cucumber.
Add finely chopped green chilies,salt and little grated ginger.
Add coconut mixture .
In a pan heat coconut oil and add mustard seeds. when the mustard splutters add dried red chili and curry leaves.
Add this to the yogurt.
Leave it overnight so that the flavors explode.Serve it as a side for rice.

“He who distinguishes the true savor of his food can never be a glutton; he who does not cannot be otherwise.” - Henry David Thoreau