Mangalore Cucumber Curry with Jackfruit Seeds
Mangalore cucumber is a vegetable unique to Udupi-Mangalore region. This curry which uses jackfruit seeds with that veggie is staple food of this region.
Servings: 4 people
Ingredients
- Mangalore cucumber- 1 medium sized
- Jackfruit seeds- 10 to 15 no.
- Tamarind- Lemon sized
- Jaggery- Lemon sized
- Turmeric powder- 1/4 tsp
- Fresh grated coconut- 3/4 cup
- Udupi sambar powder- 4 tsp
- Salt- 1.5 tsp
Seasoning ingredients
- Cooking oil- 2 tsp
- Mustard seeds- 1/2 tsp
- Split black gram lentil- 1/2 tsp
- Curry leaves- few
Instructions
Preparation
- Wash Mangalore cucumber under running water and cut it in to half. Then chop each half in to 1 inch wedges and then cut them in to cubes.
- Soak tamarind in half cup of water for 15 minutes. Squeeze and extract tamarind juice discarding the residue.
- Rinse and peel off the jackfruit seeds, pressure cook them till soft. Keep it aside till use.
Method
- Add Mangalore cucumber cubes in to a vessel or cooking pan along with a cup of water. Bring it to boil in medium flame.
- Include tamarind juice, jaggery, turmeric powder and salt enough for vegetable pieces. Cook them together till Mangalore cucumber cubes are soft in medium or low flame. You can check whether the pieces are cooked or not by piercing knife in to one of the Mangalore cucumber cube.
- Meanwhile grind fresh coconut along with Udupi sambar powder in to fine paste adding water as required.
- When the Mangalore cucumber cubes have cooked well, add pressure cooked jackfruit seeds and ground coconut paste from above step. Add water to get the curry consistency. Mix well. Add rest of the salt and bring it to boil. Switch it off.
- Heat a seasoning pan adding all the ingredients under "seasoning ingredients" list, as the mustard seeds crackle transfer the tempering to Mangalore cucumber curry.
- Mangalore cucumber curry with jackfruit seeds is ready to serve as rice side dish.
Notes
- You can add little salt while pressure cooking jackfruit seeds.
- Do not overcook Mangalore cucumber cubes, make sure they retain shape.
- You can peel off the Mangalore cucumber before cubing them. I have not peeled as I like that way.
- You can include 2 to 3 tsp of cooked toor dal too for additional taste.
- I have cooked jackfruit seeds for 3 whistles in medium flame and then in simmer for 5 minutes.