Cucumber curry / Southekai gojju

Servings: 3

Ingredients:

Content	Quantity	Comment
Cucumber	½ of large / 1 very small	Chopped finely
Dried red chilies	2 broken
Coconut	½ cup	Desiccated
Salt	To taste
Sugar	A pinch
Tamarind	1 small piece
Peanuts	2-3 tbsp
Oil	1 tbsp + 1 tbsp	For frying + for tempering
Mustard	½ tsp
Jeera	½ tsp
Curry leaves	1 sprig

Method:

Heat oil in a small pan. Add peanuts and fry till light brown. Remove it to a blender. Add dried red chilies and tamarind to the same pan and fry. Remove it to blender. Let it cool. Add coconut, salt, sugar, water and grind to a smooth paste. Add this to the finely chopped cucumber and mix well. 

Heat oil in the same pan and add mustard. Once it starts popping, add jeera and curry leaves. Pour this tempering over the curry mixture. Serve with rice.