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HOOKED ONTO ARUSUVAI.....

I am so happy to annouce that even im hooked with Arusuvai. I was intoduced to this by Srivalli of Cookin4allseasons. I was bit too nervous about the whole affiar but at the same time curious too.. So finally i got my ingredient. I was so enthusiastic about what is inside and kept pressing the pakage. I felt that it is ssome grain and so many recipes stated running through my mind. This amazing package was sent to me by Sukanya Majumdar. When i finally opened it to my surprise it was musturd seeds. And the chain passes to Manidipa's blog .

Preparation Time:10 min

Cooking Time: 5min

Serves:2-4

Ingredients

2 medium cucumber
2 medium onion
slat to taste
1/2 cup curd

For the Masala

1/4 cup grated coconut
2 green chillies
1.5 tsp musturd seeds
1" ginger

For Tampering

1 tsp butter
1 tsp musturd seeds
few strands of curry leaves

Method

Remove the skin of the cucumber and onion and make thin strips and add it into a bowl and mix salt and keep it aside.

Add the masala ingredients into the blender and bring into a fine paste by adding a very lilttle water.

Add curd and the masala together to the salt mixed cucucmber and mix properly. Do not make a thin pachhadi.

Serve chilled with plain white rice or ganji.

Labels: Coconut, Cucumber, Curd, Curry Leaves, Ginger, musturd seeds, Onion

posted by SMN @ 11:11:00 AM,

5 Inputs:

At March 31, 2008 4:44 PM, Srivalli said...: Hey thats a cool dish sushma...thanks for joining us in this fun event!..
At March 31, 2008 9:04 PM, Uma said...: That's a nice way to use the surprise ingredient. Looks delicious.
At March 31, 2008 11:11 PM, Hima said...: That is such a wonderful dish, love to have it with some pulav.
At April 1, 2008 2:43 AM, Dhivya said...: wow!nice presentation and i love these!great way u've used the ingredient
At April 1, 2008 1:37 PM, Homecooked said...: This looks yummy.Perfect for summer!