Cucumber Salad / Kakdichi Koshimbir

Time 10 min

Ingredients

Cucumber 2 medium sized peeled and grated

Tomato 2 large size cut into pieces

Curd 1/2 cup

Sugar 1/4 tsp

Groundnut powder 2 tbsp

Seasoning

Curry leaves 3-4

Mustard seeds 1/4 tsp

Cumin seeds 1/4 tsp

Pinch of Asafoetida

Oil 1 tsp

Green chilies 2 cut into pieces

Salt to taste

Method

Mix Cucumber and tomato in a mixing bowl. Take oil in seasoning pan heat the oil, add mustard, cumin, asafoetida, curry leaves, green chilies. Mustard seeds will pop out. Then switch off the flame. Add this to the mixing bowl. Mix well. Then add ground nut powder, curd and sugar. Add salt at the time of serving because after adding salt cucumber will start leaving water.

Tip

Generally salt is added to the cucumber then it starts leaving water. To remove the water press cucumber then slowly water will come out. Drain the water and then add the seasoning and remaining material. But i usually do not remove water. It is said that if this process of removing water is carried out then the person having cucumber salad will not have cold and cough.