Scope

Pachadi refers to a traditional South Indian fresh pickle served as a side dish. Broadly translated, it refers to food which has been pounded. In Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, pachadi is a side dish curry and is made with vegetable, yoghurt, coconut, ginger and curry leaves and seasoned with mustard.

Pachadi generally is a mildly spiced coconut and yogurt-based dish made with seasonal vegetables or fruits. It is made of fresh vegetables and is served as an accompaniment for rice and for snacks like idli, dosa, and pesarattu. Many kinds of vegetables are included. Sometimes the peel of a vegetable is used, such as the peel of the ridged gourd, cucumber, etc.

Ingredient and Process of Cooking

Any Vegetable – 12 palam

Salt – palam

Tamarind – palam

Mustard Seeds – ¼ palam

Red Chillies – ¼ palam

Sesame Seeds – ¼ palam

Grated Coconut – 2 palam

Turmeric – r.e

Salt – ¼ palam

Asafoetida – 2 ku.a

  • 1. Boil 1 padi of pure water and add any variety of cut vegetables or tubers. Once they are 3/4th boiled, add salt to it.
  • 2. Then set aside from the fire and drain the water. Dissolve and de-seed tamarind in 3/8 padi pure water in a lead coated vessel and boil it.
  • 3. Put the vegetables in it. Sprinkle water and grind to a smooth paste using mustard seeds, red chillies, sesame seeds, grated coconut and turmeric.
  • 4. Mix it with ¼ padi water and pour it into the pachadi. Add salt to the pachadi and mix well.
  • 5. After 10 minutes remove it from the fire and season it. Dissolve asafoetida in water and mix it with the pachadi.
  • 6. White pumpkin, snake gourd, gooseberry, mango, raw banana, cucumber, lady’s finger can be used. Potato, sweet potato, turnip, beetroot are the tubers which can be used.

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