Kakdi Ki Sabzi (Cucumber Sabzi)

Cucumber keeps your body hydrated. It soothes your stomach and cools your body down. A member of the gourd family, cucumber is famed for being rich in vitamins and minerals and help in maintaining body's water balance on hot days. Summer heat, sweat and dehydration go hand in hand. Other than good amount of water, there are several veggies that help in hydrating our body and one of the most common one is cucumber. Cucumber is famed for being rich in vitamins and minerals. The best part is, it takes very less time and ingredients to get prepared.

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Prep  time	Cooking   time	Serves
10  mins	15 mins	4 persons

Recipe Type: Side dish, Salads

Cuisine:  Indian

Course: Main course

Ingredients Cucumber -1 medium size Onions – 1 big Green chillies -2 no’s Coconut gratings -2 tbsp. Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp Jeera powder – ¼ tsp Coriander leaves – few sprigs Salt - to taste Sugar -pinch Seasonings Oil- 1 tbsp. Mustard seeds – ¼ tsp Bengal gram  - ¼ tsp Curry leaves – 2 sprigs Asafetida –pinch

 

Method

1. Peel cucumber and cut into ¼ inch pieces and prepare the other ingredients ready. 

2. Heat oil in a non-stick pan about 1-2 table spoon full in it.Add asafoetida, mustard seeds, Bengal gram and curry leaves. 

3. Put green chillies and onions in oil for tadka and sauté for few minutes till onions becomes transculent.

4. Now add the cubed cucumbers and give a toss. 

5. Add haldi powder, jeera powder, salt and sugar to it and stir. 

6. Keep stirring until the water released from cucumber is soaked well and the sabzi turns semi-dry/dry .Toss well, cover and cook for 3-4 minutes. Remove the cover, stir well, cover again and cook for 2 minutes more. 

7. Once you are happy with the consistency of the sabzi, turn the flame off. . Garnish with a little coconut and serve hot. 

Serving suggestions

Your cucumber sabzi is ready to serve it with chapatti roti or paratha or naan.

Salads

Notes
Add a teaspoon of ghee and close the lid.

You also add some green chillies if you want extra heat.

But we suggest avoiding having extra spice during summers.