Thayir Patchadi

Thayir Patchadi

Required Items:

Small Cucumber: 1 cup (Peel the skin & Chop into small pieces)
Carrot: ½ cup (Peel it & Chop as like cucumber) or (u can grate it)
Curd: 3/4th to 1 full cup

For Grinding:

Coconut Threads: 2 tbsp
Green chilli: 2 or 3
Mustard Seeds: 1/4tsp
Ginger: ½ inch

Seasoning :

Mustard seeds, urad dhal: 1 tsp

Method :

In a pan boil some 2 to 4 cups of water with lil salt.
Once wen it starts boiling, add the chopped veges and wait for one minute.
After one minute, remove the pan frm the stove and close it with a tight lid.
The veges will get steamed thru the hot steam of the water itself.
After some 5 to 10 mns filter the veges with a perforated spoon or a dish and transfer it to a bowl.
Now add the grinded mixture and salt to the veges .
In a small pan add the seasonings and allow it to fry. Once wen it is done add this to the veges bowl and mix it well.
Finally add the curd.
If u wish u can chill it and serve or else u can serve simply.

This is tradional dish which my mom used to make for banana leaf lunch. It goes very well with sambar rice.

Note:

U can omit carrot .I like to use carrot since the dish looks so colourfull.
U can substitute carrot or cucumber with fried ladies finger, valai thandu

Ladies finger : u have to cut into small circles and u have to fry it nicely till the raw smell of it goes. Leave it to cool and rest the same procedure as like above