Methkootma Puli Pachadi

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.

Before making this pachadi we should prepare Methkootma in the following way.

Ingredients For Methkootma :

Black Gram – 12 palam

Bengal Gram – 11 ½ palam

Yellow Gram – 12 ¾ palam

Pigeon Pea – 10 ½ palam

Wheat – 11 palam

Cumin Seeds – ½ palam

Asafoetida – ¼ palam

Mustard – ½ palam

Turmeric – ¼ palam

Coriander Seeds – 1 palam

Curry Leaves – 1 palam

Ingredients For Pachadi :

Tamarind – 1½ palam

Salt – ¾ palam

Green Chillies – ½ palam

Methkootma – 1½ palam

For Seasoning :

Ghee -½ palam

Red Chillies -? palam

Bengal Gram -¼ palam

Method :

1. Fry all the ingredients except asafoetida. Put the asafoetida on fire and make it like puffed rice and mix it with the other ingredients.

2. Grind this in a grinding stone finely, and use it when needed.

3. Dissolve tamarind in pure water ¼ padi and remove the seeds. Add powdered salt in the tamarind water.

4. Cut green chillies into small pieces, fry it in ghee and add it in the tamarind juice and press it with your hands. Mix methkoot flour in the tamarind juice.

5. Follow recipe no. 22 method for seasoning. Instead of tamarind, ¼ padi of curd can be used. This flour can be mixed with rice and eaten.

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