moggeya pulchkeri (cucumber pulissery)

this is a typical konkani preparation.you can use soppoor cook also ,instead of cucumber.this comes out very well.

you need

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cucumber -1full

salt -to taste

water -1cup

curd -1cup

• cut the cucumber into medium dice and boil it adding salt and water.
• beat the curd and keep it aside.

for grinding

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coconut -1/2

red chilly -4nos

jeera -1tsp

• fry the red chillies in oil for 2 or 3 minutes
• grind together the grated coconut,fried chillies, and jeera into a very smooth paste.

add the ground masala into the cooked cucumber and add the beaten curd also into this gravy. and keep stirring.

for seasoning

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oil - 1tsp

mustard -1tsp

jeera -1tsp

currypatha -1spring

heat oil in a kadai. put mustard seeds. when it start spluttering add jeera and currypatha and stire for 1 minute and pore into the prepared cucumber gravy and stire. serve hot with rice.

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