Thayir Kichadi

Ingredients

• • Yellow pumpkins (cut into small pieces) - 1 cup
• • Curd (fresh, thick) - ¾ cup
• • Salt - as required

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Ingredients For Seasoning

• • Oil - as required
• • Mustard seeds - ½ teaspoon
• • Red chillies - 2

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Ingredients For Grinding Together

• • Coconut (grated, fresh) - 2 tablespoons
• • Green chillies - 3
• • Mustard seeds - ¼ teaspoon
• • Ginger - ½ inch piece

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Method

• 1. Heat water in a vessel, when it starts boiling add vegetable pieces and boil once.
• 2. Remove from fire and strain water completely.
• 3. Add to ground paste with salt and mix well.
• 4. Heat oil, add mustard, broken red chilly and add to the pachadi.
• 5. Just before serving mix with fresh thick curds.

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Note - Other Suggested Vegetables

• • Ladies finger: Cut into small pieces. Fry in oil till raw flavour is lost. Cool it down and follow the above procedure.
• • Snake gourd: Grate and use.
• • Carrot: Scrape outer skin and grate.
• • Banana stem: Cut finely and boil for a minute.