PEARS KICHADI, PEARS RAITA

Pears kichadi or raita you can call is a very simple dish which goes along with dosa, idli, chapti and rice too.  I had few pears with me which was too soft and over ripe.  I could not cut them so I decided to grate them and make simple dish out of it.

Pears are packed with dietary fiber, anti oxidants, minerals and vitamins which are necessary for good health.  They contain Vitamin C, copper, iron, potassium manganese and magnesium as well as B complex vitamins such as folates, riboflavin and pyridoxine (vitamin B 6).

Pears are also useful in treating colitis, chronic gallbladder disorders, arthritis and gout.

Let us look at the recipe now:

Ingredients:

2 overripe pears
4-5 tbsp fresh curd
few coriander leaves chopped
few basil leaves chopped

 salt, black salt,  pepper powder, chaat masala, chilli powder, roasted cumin powder, roasted saunf powder as per taste.

Seasoning:

1 tsp oil
1 tsp mustard seeds
1 tsp urid dal
few curry leaves
a small piece of broken red chilli
asafoetida

Method:

wash and cut both the ends.  grate them remove the skin if you wish or keep it along with the pulp
place them in a bowl.  add the curd, masalas and mix well.  temper with the items mentioned under seasoning. garnish with chopped coriander leaves and basil leaves. you can add mint leaves also.

serve with roti, chapati, idli, dosa, rice etc.