Crazy cucumber chutney

I call it crazy because that's what i felt when i first heard this recipe from my grand mom. For any cucumber recipes i know, i remove seeds and this recipe had seeds as one of the main ingredients.

But with my grand mom's repetition of cooking delicious dishes, i tried this recipe and i am glad i did it. I am content with another delicious recipe in my book :)

Ingredients:
small cucumbers - 6
chillies - 20 ( according to your taste, i usually like Indian dishes very hot)
turmeric - 1/4 tsp
tamarind - 2-3 strands
curry leaves - 10 leave
Salt for taste
ginger - small piece
garlic - 2-3 pods







1. Cut cucumbers into big size pieces as shown in pic. Take a deep bowl, add cut cucumbers, chillies, turmeric, curry leaves and tamarind. add 1/4 cup of water and boil. Boil until all water get evaporated (Tip: do not add too much water as cucumber leaves water when boiled)



2. Once properly boiled, separate out cucumbers and rest of the stuff. Squeeze out the seeds from cucumbers and add them to the rest of the stuff. Add garlic and ginger pieces to the seeds.





3. Cut the cucumbers into small pieces.


4. Grind all the ingredients expect cut cucumbers. Once nicely ground, add cucumbers. cucumbers should not be ground until smooth, they need to remain as small pieces.


Yummy cucumber chutney is ready. If you observed there is no oil in this recipe. Healthy and tasty together in one recipe...wonderful is it not?

You can add tadka to this chutney if you like.

Enjoy :)