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Watermelon Peel Tambli | Tambuli Recipe

Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time5 minutes
Total Time15 minutes
Author: Sumana

Ingredients

  • Watermelon peel or skin- Few pieces
  • Fresh grated coconut- 5 tsp or fistful
  • Buttermilk- 1/2 cup
  • Salt- 3/4 tsp
  • Cumin seeds- 1/2 tsp
  • Green chillies- 2 nos.

Seasoning ingredients

  • Cooking oil- 1 tsp
  • Mustard seeds- 1/2 tsp

Instructions

Method

  • Chop the watermelon peel in to medium sized pieces. Heat a cooking pan with oil and cumin seeds. Include chopped watermelon peels too and saute for 3 to 5 minutes.
  • In a mixer jar include roasted watermelon pieces, grated coconut, green chillies and salt. Adding little water grind to make fine puree. Transfer it to a bowl and mix with buttermilk.
  • Heat a seasoning pan adding oil and mustard seeds, as the seeds crackle transfer the seasoning to prepared tambli.
  • Watermelon peel tambli is ready to relish with steamed rice.

Notes

  • It's not necessary to roast the watermelon peel for long. You can roast it for just 3 to 5 minutes.
  • If you don't have buttermilk, you can whisk yoghurt with some water and use.
  • Fresh buttermilk or whisked yoghurt gives best results than sour one.