Thowsha Sasame(cucumber salad)

This is a Konkani delicacy and an inevitable side dish for Gouri Pooja and Vinayak chaturti feast in our home.

 

 

Ingredients

Cucumber               -- 1 medium sized

Ginger                     --  1 small piece                                    

green chilly            -- 2-3

red chilly                --  3-4

grated coconut     --  ½ cup

mustard seeds      --  1 tsp

salt to taste

Method

·      Grate cucumber, add chopped green chilly, ginger and salt, mix it well and keep aside.

·      Meanwhile, grind grated coconut, red chilly and mustard seeds using little water like chutney consistency.

·      Add this paste to cucumber mix.

·      Serve immediately.

·      Since It is not heated, will not last long.