Mooru curry / spiced buttermilk with cucumber

Ingredients

• Chopped cucumber 1 cup
• Thick Yogurt ( Thick Curd ) 1 cup
• Green chillies 3-4 Nos ( Split lengthwise )
• Turmeric powder1/4 tsp
• Fenugreek powder ( Uluva powder )2 pinch
• Asafoetida powder ( Kayam powder ) 1 pinch
• Shallots ( Kochu Ulli ) 2-3 Nos
• Crushed Ginger 1 teaspoon(Optional )
• Curry leaves 4-5 leaves
• Mustard seeds
• Dry red chillies 2 Nos
• Oil
• Salt

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Preparation

• Wash and peel the skin of cucumber. Then cut the cucumber to medium size square pieces. Discard the seeds.
• Then cook cucumber along with green chillies, salt, turmeric powder by adding enough water.
• Take yogurt/curd and beat it with a spoon/ fork or just 1 pulse in a mixer grinder will also be fine.
• Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds. When the mustard seeds pops up, add dry red chillies.
• Then add chopped shallots, crushed ginger(optional), curry leaves and saute till it become slightly brown in color.
• Then add fenugreek powder, Asafoetida powder and fry for less than 1 minute in low flame.
• Then add the curd along with cooked cucumber and green chillies. You can even add the water which remained after cooking cucumber.
• Keep in low flame for 2-3 minutes. But remove from the flame before it starts boiling.