Cucumbar salad

काकडीची कोशिंबीर (दही घालून)
Eating raw cucumber is good to make your inner system cool.as it's high in its water content. It is also rich in potassium and vitamin C. Salads made without peeling the skin provide the folic acid.

Ingredients
2 cucumbers
1 tsp sajook toop/clarified butter
1/2 cup curd
roasted and crushed peanuts(optional)
salt and sugar to taste

Tempering (optional)
1 tsp ghee
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
1/2 tsp asafoetida

To be ground in paste(optional)
1 tsp mustard seeds
1 green chili
salt

Garnishing
chopped coriander leaves

Method

• Wash and chop the cucumber. (Taste the cucumber for bitterness before chopping)
• Apply ghee all over the chopped cucumber. ( applying ghee prevents cucumber from becoming watery)
• Grind mustard seeds,green chili and salt together in a fine paste and mix in the salad.( If you don't like the taste of mustard seeds, avoid this step)
• Add curd and sugar to taste. Mix the crushed peanuts if you like.
• Heat toop/clarified butter in an iron ladle or paLi and add tempering ingredients. Pour this on the salad.
• Garnish with chopped coriander leaves.