RAW MANGO AND CUCUMBER CURRY / MANGAI VELLARIKKAI CURRY

Raw Mango and yellow cucumber curry is a typical kerala dish called Vellarikkai Mangai mor kootan. The vegetables are cooked in the gravy of coconut  and curd.

INGREDIENTS

Medium sized raw mango                                           -  1 no

Yellow cucumber                                                             - 1 small

Salt                                                                                          - to taste

Turmeric powder                                                             - ¼ tsp

Thick unsour curd                                                           - 1 ½ cups

FOR WET GRINDING

Freshly grated coconut                                                  - 1 ½ cup

Green chillies                                                                      - 6 nos

Cumin seeds                                                                       - ½ tsp

Black pepper                                                                       - ½ tsp

FOR SEASONING

Coconut oil                                                                         - 1 tbsp

Mustard seeds                                                                   - 1 tsp

Methi seeds                                                                        - ½ tsp

Red chillies                                                                         - 2 broken

Curry leaves                                                                        - 2 sprigs

METHOD

Wash and peel the skin of mango and cut into big square pieces.(remove the seed)

Wash and peel the skin of cucumber, remove the seeds and cut into big square pieces.

Boil the mango and cucumber together with water adding salt and turmeric powder.

Cook the vegetables till it becomes tender.

Grind together freshly grated coconut with green chillies, cumin seeds and black pepper to a fine paste.

Add the ground mixture to the boiling vegetables and simmer for few minutes.

Add thick beaten unsour curd and mix well and remove from fire before it starts boiling.

Season it with mustard seeds, methi seeds, broken red chillies and curry leaves.

Mangai vellarikkai curry is ready to serve with white rice.

VARIATION

You can use ash gourd.Raw mangoes are the seasonal ones, so without raw mangoes you can preapare this curry just by doubling the quantity of the curd for the taste of sourness. But the taste of raw mango is awesome and cannot be match with curd.