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This Indian sauce features Cucumber, Sesame oil, Black mustard seeds, Urad dal, white. The flavors come together beautifully. A reliable recipe that works well for everyday cooking. Simple to make with ingredients you likely already have on hand, this is a recipe you will come back to again and again.
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Vellirikkai Thogayal
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This Indian sauce features Cucumber, Sesame oil, Black mustard seeds, Urad dal, white. The flavors come together beautifully. A reliable recipe that works well for everyday cooking. Simple to make with ingredients you likely already have on hand, this is a recipe you will come back to again and again.Ingredients
Directions
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Salt; to taste Peel cucumber, slit into half, scoop out seeds.
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Slit into further narrow strips and cut tiny pieces as for kachumbar.
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Should not be grated as this gives no 'bite' feel in the mouth.
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Next, warm the oil and fry all ingredients except the tamarind.
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Mustard should stop spluttering and dal/methi should turn brown.
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Drain out these fried spices into a blender, leaving oil behind in pan.
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Add cucumber and stir fry for two minutes, no more.
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Add tamcon to spices in blender and with half the cucumber run on low speed till everything looks coarsely ground and blended.
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Remove into a bowl, add remaining cucumber pieces and mix well.
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(Shyamala Parameswaran)
Nutrition Facts
Servings 1
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories 300.9kcal
- % Daily Value *
- Total Fat 11.4g18%
- Saturated Fat 2.6g13%
- Cholesterol 0.0mg0%
- Sodium 23.4mg1%
- Total Carbohydrate 51.5g18%
- Dietary Fiber 0.2g1%
- Sugars 50.6g
- Protein 0.4g1%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily value may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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