Dosakaya Tomato Rotu pacchadi / yellow cucumber&tomato coarse pickle

Required :

1.Dosakaya : 1/2 piece ( Chopped )

2.Tomatoes : 3 ( chopped )

3.green mirchi : 3

4. garlic : 3 pods

5. Jeera : 1 tblsp

6. Salt : acc to taste

7. oil : 2 tspn

For seasoning:

Mustard seeds – 2tsp
Curry leaves- few
Chana dal – 1tsp
Urad dal – 1tsp
Cumin seeds – 1tsp
Mustard seeds – 1tsp
Red chillies – 4
Oil – 1

Procedure :

1. Switch on the stove, place a kadai and heat oil in it and fry the green mirchi for 3 mins and keep them aside
2. Add doskaya pieces and let them get cooked with closed lid
3. Once they r cooked add the chopped tomatoes and let them turn soft
4. Once tomatoes and dosakaya is cooked, turn off the stove  and allow it to cool at room temperature
5. Now in a blender , first blend fried mirchi,jeera and salt
6. Now add the tomatoes and doskaya mixture,garlic pods and blend coarsely
7. place a kadai on stove ,add a spoon of oil
8. Add the ingredients under seasoning and put this seasoning on the blended chutney.

Its done !!! Enjoy it with dosa,idli or hot rice

Dosakaya Rotu pacchadi / yellow cucumber coarse pickle:

Athamma's dosakaya pacchadi.My MIL is an expert in cooking.When we went to hyderabad last week , she prepared this and its soo tasty.

She prepared this using rotu ( traditional way of grinding using stone ),but we do it in our mixy ( grinder)
its easyyyy.Give a try.

Required:

1 Dosakaya
4 green chillies
pinch 0f zeera
cillantro / coriander / kothimeer few fresh leaves
salt according to taste
tamarind - goose berry size
oil- 1 tbslp

Preparation:

1.Cut the Cucumber ( dosakaya) into small pieces
2.cillantro ( kothimeer)
3.Now put some oil in a kadai and let it heat
4.mean while soak tamarind in water ( a spoon of water)
5.0nce the oil is h0t en0ugh,fry the green chilli slits slightly
6.Remove and keep aside ,let it relax
7.Firstly grind our fried chillies with s0me salt and small amount of zeera
8.Now add the cucumber pieces,chopped cilantro and just grind for only very few seconds ( it shud not be much smooth)
9.Dont make it too soft chutney,coarse mix wud add to taste.

 This is mouth watery with dosa ,idli,vada etc.

Dosakaya tomato koora / yellow cucumber curry in 15 mins

I got up verY late in the morning...Ohh god once i opened MY eyes, iam tryign to recollect what all veggies i have in my fridge
to make our lunch box today...as i need to cook fast and even tasty for lunch box.
So i opted for doskaya,the great yellow cucumber.Humm once its outer layer is peeled off its very tender .
Hence the curry gets finished very fast.
By the time my husband finishes brushing his teeth ,i finished my curry ...cool !!! isnt it ?
Check it out...

Things Required:

Dosakaya - 1 ( if its bitter,pls dont use)
tomato - 2
salt- according to taste
turmeric - one pinch
chilli powder - according to taste
Onion- 1 ( big)
green chillies-4
coriander - few leaves ( optional)

For popu/seasoning:
mustard seeds - spoonful
red mirchi    - 2
curry leaves  - few
garlic pods   - 2
channadal     - spoonful
urad dal      - spoonful
oil           - 1 spoon

1. peel the doskaya/ cucumber and cut into small pieces
2. cut tomato,onion and green chillies into small pieces
3. Now switch on the stove heat oil in a kadai,
   we use only one spoon of oil,hence rotate the kadai to evenly spread the oil
4.After the oil is sufficiently hot,put in all the popu ingredients
  ahh !!! an awsome smell ...i know u feel it
5. NOw add green chilly and onion pieces ,stir and close the lid
6. Once the onions turn transparent,add cucumber pieces
7. Stir them for a minute and close the lid
8. Once the cucumber pieces turn soft now ,move the cucumber pieces towards edges of the kadai,leaving a circle space in between
9. Now place our tomato pieces in the center of kadai,surrounded by cucumber pieces and close the lid.
10.after 5 mins press the tomatoes with the back of your spoon ,u will observe the puree coming out of it slowly
11.so now mix the cucumber and tomato pices and add salt,turmeric,chilli powdwer, stirr nicely and close lid for 2 mins.
12. garnish with coriander to enhance the taste

Awsome !!! you will have to agree.