DOSAKAYA MUKKALA PACHADI (CUCUMBER CHUTNEY)

Yellow cucumber is one of the favorite vegetables in Andhra pradesh which is well known as Dosakaya.according to wikipedia cucumbers are originated in India and there are many varietie s of cucumbers are caltivating in India. Espicially in andhra pradesh this yellow cucumbers are commonly used as a vegetable in curries,sambar and dosakaya pappu and dosa avakaya is very famous and also as achutney too.And according to Ayurveda cucumber is a cool vegetable, for this reason it is used widely as a treatmet to remove dark circles around eyes.Cool juices of cucumber helps to reduce body heat. We use cucumber a lot in cooking espicially as spicy chutnies and here I am with a spicy chutney recipe with yellow cucumber DOSAKAYA MUKKALA PACHADI........

INGREDIENTS:---
Dosakaya(yellow cucumber) --- 1 medium size
Green chilli s -- 5 no.
Red chillis -- 3no.
Urad dal -- 5 tea sp
Fenugreek seeds --- 5 seeds
Mustard seeds -- 1/2 tea sp
Tamarind --- 1 inch pieces -- 2no
Turmeric -- 1/4 tea sp
Asafoetida -- 1/4 tea sp
Salt to taste
Coriander leaves -- 1 tab sp chopped
Oil --- 6 tea sp

METHOD:----
1. Peel the skin of yellow cucumber cut in to half and check the taste,some times this yellow cucumber are in little bitter taste that will spoil the chutney taste.
2. So check the taste and remove the seeds in to a bowl and leave a side.
3. Then cut the cucumber in to small pieces and leave a side.
4. Now heat 2 tea sp s oil in a fry pan and add green and red chilies, fenugreek seeds and 2&1/2 tea sp s urad dal and fry till light brown color.
5. Now add salt to taste, turmeric, tamarind pieces, cucumber seeds and a tab sp of cucumber pieces to this and grind in to a fine paste.
6. Now add this paste to cucumber pieces mix well.
7. Heat remaining oil in a pan and add mustared seeds and let them popup then add asafoetida remove from heat and add this to pachadi then add chopped coriander leaves mix well.
8. Serve with hot rice and a drop of ghee...