Blogging Marathon# 32: Letter D
Theme: A-Z Vegetarian Dishes from Andhra Pradesh
Dish: D for Dosakaya Pachadi
Letter D stands for veggies like Dondakaya (ivy gourd), Dosakaya (cuke lemon). D also stands for dishes like Dappalam which is a spicy, tangy stew made with toor dal and an assortment of veggies. Daddojam, spiced curd rice or Dalcha, a Hyderabadi lentil dish and so on.
I decided to make a traditional chutney recipe using dosakaya (cuke lemon). This is a very quick and simple chutney to make. Dosakaya is not cooked, it is finely chopped and mixed into ground tempering. A spicy, tangy and very tasty pachadi.
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp Tamarind paste
- to taste Salt
For Tempering:
- 1 tsp Chana dal
- 1 tsp Urad dal
- 1 tsp Mustard seeds
- 6 - 8 Curry leaves
- ¼ tsp Asafoetida / Hing
- 4 - 5 chilies Green
- 2 Chilies Red
Instructions
- Heat 2tsp oil in a small saute pan; add the dals and once they start to get golden, add mustard seeds and once the seeds start to splutter, add all the other tempering ingredients.
- Use a blender or a mortar and pestle to coarsely grind the tempering along with dosakaya pieces, tamarind paste and salt. Serve with steamed rice.
- This chutney can be stored in the refrigerator for upto 3 days.
Notes
Sandhya Ramakrishnan
Love the mashed chutney! I like a little bit of texture in my chutnies and your look perfect :_
Supriya Nair
A new recipe.. very interesting. Looks very tempting.
Sapana Behl
A totally new recipe for me! Looks so tangy and yummy…
Archana Potdar
Wow we get this heer but I have never tried making this pachadi. Bookmarking it its yum.
Nisha Sundar
Every summer vacation in my school days I was showered with dosakaya recipes. For quite some time Secunderabad, always reminded me of dosakaya and pearls and nothing else. 🙂 Lovely chutney!
Rajani S
We don’t get dosakaya in Kerala or Chennai (or I have not been able to identify it)…How about updating this post with a picture of it the next time you make it :D? Not just for dosakaya, for other items too which are not that common…just a suggestion! Anyway, very beautiful pictures and I loved the chutney/pachadi even more because of the ease of making it!
Saras
Tongue tickling chutney..Drooling here..
Nasreen Basu
wonderful information, I had come to know about your blog from my friend nandu , hyderabad,i have read atleast 7 posts of yours by now, and let me tell you, your website gives the best and the most interesting information. This is just the kind of information that i had been looking for, i’m already your rss reader now and i would regularly watch out for the new posts, once again hats off to you! Thanks a ton once again, Regards, dosakaya pachadi