Kamang Kakdi(Cucumber Salad)

Kakdi is a marathi name for Cucumber. Some of the Vegetables can be eaten raw like cucumber.Just adding some spices to the raw vegetable gives nice tastes.One of the Simple and easy salad from Maharastrian cuisine is Kamang Kakdi for Nupur's RCI.Ingredients

• Fresh Cucumber
• 3-4 green chilies
• one handful peanut
• coriander leaves
• 1tsp lemon juice
• salt,andsugar

For tempering

• 2 tsp oil
• 1 tsp mustard seeds
• 1/2 tsp asafoetida

Method

Cut cucumber into small pieces ,rub salt and keep aside for 10 minutes.

Grind peanut and greenchilies together as powder (or grind peanut as powder,cut green chili finely).

Squeeze the cucumber and mix it with peanut powder,salt and sugar and lemon juice.mix well.

Heat oil in a pan,Add mustard seeds as they start spluttering, add asafoetida.

Pour this tempering on the prepared mixture.

Garnish with coriander leaves and serve.

Variation

Use ghee and cumin seeds instead of oil and mustard seeds.