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Main Course

Cucumber-Vellarika Kichadi

Straightforward Kerala cooking — good ingredients treated well, spiced with confidence, and served without pretence. The kind of food that tastes like someone's kitchen, not a restaurant.

Ingredientsfor 4 servings

150 g Cucumber — chopped
5 nos Green chillies
2 tsp Mustard seeds
1/2 cup Coconut — grated
1/4 Liter Curd
1 tbsp Coconut oil
2 nos Dry red chillies cut each into 3 pieces
1 sprig Curry leaves

Preparation

Step 1
For preparing, cucumber/vellarika kichadi, first grind together green chillies, 1 tsp mustard seeds, coconut and curd. Set aside.
Step 2
Boil water in a vessel and add cucumber and salt.
Step 3
Add the ground mixture to it. Stir everything together thoroughly.
Step 4
Stir in between till the cucumber cooks well.
Step 5
Heat the oil in kadai, allow to crackle red chillies and curry leaves. Pour this into the curry.
Step 6
Cucumber/vellarika kichadi, a recipe is ready. Serve with rice.

Tip

When the recipe says "medium heat," it means medium. Kerala cooking is not about high-flame drama — most of the work happens at a patient, steady temperature.

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Main Course

Cucumber-Vellarika Kichadi

Straightforward Kerala cooking — good ingredients treated well, spiced with confidence, and served without pretence. The kind of food that tastes like someone's kitchen, not a restaurant.

Ingredientsfor 4 servings

150 g Cucumber — chopped
5 nos Green chillies
2 tsp Mustard seeds
1/2 cup Coconut — grated
1/4 Liter Curd
1 tbsp Coconut oil
2 nos Dry red chillies cut each into 3 pieces
1 sprig Curry leaves

Preparation

Step 1
For preparing, cucumber/vellarika kichadi, first grind together green chillies, 1 tsp mustard seeds, coconut and curd. Set aside.
Step 2
Boil water in a vessel and add cucumber and salt.
Step 3
Add the ground mixture to it. Stir everything together thoroughly.
Step 4
Stir in between till the cucumber cooks well.
Step 5
Heat the oil in kadai, allow to crackle red chillies and curry leaves. Pour this into the curry.
Step 6
Cucumber/vellarika kichadi, a recipe is ready. Serve with rice.

Tip

When the recipe says "medium heat," it means medium. Kerala cooking is not about high-flame drama — most of the work happens at a patient, steady temperature.