Saturday 17 August 2013

WATER MELON CURRY, TARBOOSE KI SUBZI, THANEER MATHAN PACHADI

Water melon curry is made with the white portion of water melon,  coconut, tamarind pulp or curd and spices.  This has the similarity of normal pachadi we make with red pumpkin, vellarikka etc.  
It is a best out of waste recipe and goes well with rice and chapatti.  View more   recipes made with  the white portion of water melon.



Let us have a look at the recipe now:


Ingredients:

½  cup water melon white portion chopped
2 tbsp  grated coconut
1   green chilli
Less than 1/4 tsp cumin seeds
Less than 1/4 tsp mustard seeds
¼ cup fresh curd (optional)
¼ cup thin tamarind syrup (optional)
Turmeric powder
Salt
Sugar or jaggery – 1 tsp (optional)

Tempering:

1 tsp oil
1 tsp mustard seeds
Less than ¼ tsp fenugreek seeds
1 red chilli broken into pieces
Few curry leaves.

Method:

Water melon pieces

1.        Cook the water melon pieces with salt and turmeric powder, tamarind pulp (if you are using) till soft.
2.       Grind the coconut, green chilli, cumin seeds, mustard seeds and add to the cooked melon.
3.        Bring to a boil, ( If you are using tamarind pulp  no need to add curd) add the beaten curd, sugar or jaggery  in it and remove from the stove.

4.       Temper with the ingredients mentioned above. Serve hot with chapatti, rice etc.

Variation:  If you want to make without coconut do not add.  Rest of the items can be ground and added to the curry.  Photograph is without coconut.

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