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Simple tasty Cucumber sabzi

Ingredients :

Cucumber small ones : 5 - 6;

Onion : 2

Garlic : 4 -5 cloves
kalatil chutney /Niger seeds powder: 1 1/2tbsp

Jeera : 1/2 tsp

Grated coconut :; 1 Tbsp optional

Curry, Coriander leaves; : few

Red/Green chilies : 4 - 5

Jaggery : to the taste

Tamarind juice : to the taste

Salt

Oil


Direction :

Chop onions in to small pieces.

Now grind onion, jeera, chilies, coconut & make a fine or coarse paste, add salt, turmeric powder, Niger seed powder, jaggery, tamarind juice & mix well.

Slit the cucumbers into 4 parts.

Fill slit cucumbers with the masala paste

Take a vessel add 2 sp of oil, add mustard seeds, when they start to splutter add the;cucumbers filled with masala.

Saute it, cover it for few mins,add;sufficient;water, let it cook until cucumbers;get softened.

Have with roti or chapati with curd.
In case if you dont have this Niger; powder, you can use til/Sesame powder roast it before powdering, roasted & powdered poppy seeds, few cashew nuts can be used, grind altogether with onion, chilies,curry, garlic & can be used as masala to fill the cucumber