Khamang Kakdi is a delicious cucumber salad. It's simple and easy to make, yet loaded with flavors. I thought it's just right for Ramki's "Cooking for the rest of us" event.
Khamang Kakdi
Cucumber Salad
Ingredients
1 big cucumber or 3-4 small cucumbers, peeled and chopped finely
2 tbsp roasted, unsalted, peanuts, coarsely crushed/Daanyache Koot
salt to taste
1-2 green chilies, chopped
1 tsp sugar
1 tbsp coconut, freshly scraped
1 tbsp coriander leaves/cilantro, chopped
1/2 lemon, squeezed
Tempering
1 tsp oil or ghee/clarified butter
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
1/4 tsp asafoetida
Method
1. Mix all the ingredients together.
2. Heat oil or a ghee in a small saucepan. Add cumin seeds, mustard seeds, asafoetida.
3. Drizzle sizzling oil over the salad. Mix well.
4. Serve as a side dish.
Note -
1. This easy salad can be tweaked easily by adding more or less lemon, peanut powder, cucumber or even adding yogurt if you like.
2. After cucumber is cut, you can squeeze the water out if you like. This step will not make salad too watery.
This post is my entry to Ramki's "Recipes for the rest of us" event.
6 comments:
looks delicious!
first time to ur blog and it is too good!
do visit my blog when u find time and join in the savory event going in my blog!
Wish u a very happy new year!
Hey do u mean Tavshe-big cucumber?
Lovely salad,chaan dista- new to me! :D
Hey just thought of sharing- in Punekari style of salad, they mix the chopped salad veggies, grind the peanuts+rai coarsely, add it just at the time of serving wt a spoon of sugar! Tastes good! HAPPY NEW YEAR TO U N URS! :D HUGS N LOVE.
Looks wonderful and cooling Meera. Hope you are enjoying the holidays..
looks yummy!
Wishing you and your family a very happy new year 2009.
My neighbour makes this and she makes it in almost similar manner and i just dig into it :-)
SriLekha:
Thanks for dropping by. I will surely try to participate in your event. My best to you & yours.
Purnima:
Tavshe can be used, however it's not a must. You can use 3-4 small cucumbers as well. Generally, small cucumbers are used for this recipe however in American supermarkets, I generally get big cucumber. Thanks for sharing "assal Puneri" recipe with me. I will surely give a try. Mom sometimes uses crushed rai for making yogurt based salads. She insists that's how the name "Rai"ta came!:-D
Maya:
Thanks, dear!
Uma:
Thank you.
Alka:
You are lucky to have a good neighbor!
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