I love summer vegetables, colorful, juicy. Today, I am posting a recipe of one of such veggies, which is versatile, we make drinks, salads, snack, curries and event raita with it. It is called Kakdi -ककड़ी in Rajasthan and many such Hindi speaking states of India. Here, in USA, the closest veggie I found to kakdi is called "English Cucumber". In India, we get a lighter version skin of this vegetable.
Kakdi Ki Sookhi Sabzi - ककड़ी की सूखी सब्जी (English Cucumber Fry)
Ingredients
Kakdi (English Cucumber) - 2 cups diced as per liking
Hari Mirch (Green Chilli) - 1 chopped finely
Meetha Neema (Curry Leaves) - 4-5 leaves
Haldi (Turmeric Powder) - 1/2 tsp
Lal Mirch - 1/2 tsp
Garam Masala - 1/2 tsp
Amchur (Mango Powder) - 1 tsp
Chat Masala - 1/2 tsp
Jeera (Cumin Seeds) - 1 tsp
Salt - as per taste
Mustard Oil - 1 tsp (Feel free to use any other oil if you do not have mustard oil)
Preparation
- Add mustard oil in a pan.
- Add jeera, hari mirch and meetha neem leaves.
- Once they start spluttering, add kakdi, and all dry powders..
- Mix well, cover and simmer for 10 min. The kakdi doesn't have to get mushy, so please adjust the time based on your liking.
Serving
This is best served with warm phulka or what many simply call roti. But, it will go great with paratha and rice as well.
Sending this to Summer Foods and Drinks event of Indrani.
That's all for now. Till next post, take care.
Priya,,cucumber curry looks perfect dear,, i never thought to cook curry in cucumber ur's looks great n perfect paa..
ReplyDeleteNice subzi, perfect for summer.
ReplyDeletewow, looks so inviting, thanks for sending it to my event, I'm blogging from my other blog now,http://riappyayan.blogspot.com..as my gmail account has been hacked, can't access my blog
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Wow, a very interesting and a great recipe for the event Priya! Tempting picture.
ReplyDeleteVery different dish. Must try recipe. Looks very delicious. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThis is my fav subzi. I add hing also though. Nice recipe :)
ReplyDeleteWat a beautiful dish, looks incredible..
ReplyDeletewow just found an alternative to the usual raita after reading this post :)) nice recipe priya!
ReplyDeleteInteresting recipe..never made fry out of this veggie..
ReplyDeleteSounds very intresting recipe dear.
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ReplyDeleteThank you so much for visiting my blog and leaving a nice comment. It is so nice to see your blog is focusing on rajasthani cuisine. I need to learn a thing or two of that cuisine. I am following you.Smiles.
Interesting dish. Never made cooked stuff from kakdi.. Not sure if English cucumber is different from what I am thinking of here. Will check out! Cheers!
ReplyDeletelove this simple and light dish!
ReplyDeleteNice sabji perfect of this summer:-)
ReplyDeletelooks so tempting. Nice curry :)
ReplyDeleteNever thought of preparing a sabzi with cucumber, will give this a try !
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ReplyDeleteVery nice recipe with english cucumber.
ReplyDeleteI have never cooked with cucumber before I will definately try this recipe.
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