Southekayi Palya – Cucumber Poriyal | Vellarikka Poriyal Recipe

Chitra

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Aug 26, 2021

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Cucumber (Southekayi in Kannada, Vellarikai in Tamil, Vellarikka in Malayalam, Dosakaya in Telugu, Kheera in Hindi) is a super healthy vegetable that is usually consumed as a salad. We eat it as such or add in Kosmbari or green gram carrot salad. But this time, I tried a simple, Karnataka style palya / poriyal/ curry with cucumber. Generally people in Karnataka use Mangalore Cucumber also known as Sambar Cucumber for making side dishes. But I used the salad Cucumber today.

This Cucumber poriyal is a no onion no garlic recipe. Its so easy to make and its cooking time is very less because of its water content. Sendhil and Raksha couldn’t make out its cucumber curry. It was so tasty and flavorful. Friends, if you are bored of making salad with Cucumber, try this palya. You will love it.

Lets see how to make Karnataka style Southekayi palya recipe with step by step pictures.

Southekayi palya recipe / Cucumber curry / Vellarikai poriyal recipe

Southekayi palya recipe / Cucumber curry / Vellarikai poriyal recipe for rice

Cuisine: Karnataka

Category: Side dish

Serves: 3

Prep time: 10 Minutes

Cook time: 20 Minutes

Total time: 30 Minutes

INGREDIENTS

Cucumber / Southekayi / Velarikkai – 2
Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
Salt – as needed

To Temper

Coconut oil or cooking oil – 1 tbsp
Mustard seeds – 1 /2 tsp
Urad dal – 1 tsp
Chana dal – 2 tsp
Curry leaves – few
Red chilli – 1 or 2
Asafetida / hing – 2 pinches

Grated coconut – 1/4 cup
Coriander leaves – to garnish

HOW TO MAKE SOUTHEKAYI PALYA

Wash and peel the skin of Cucumber. Chop into small cubes.
Heat oil in a kadai. Splutter mustard seeds, Urad dal, Chana dal, curry leaves, red chilli and hing.
Add chopped Cucumber pieces, turmeric powder and salt. Mix well.
Cover and cook in medium flame till Cucumber becomes soft.
If there is water, boil for few minutes to drain.
Lastly add the grated coconut and coriander leaves. Mix well.
Serve hot with rice.

METHOD – STEP BY STEP PICTURES

Wash and peel the skin of Cucumber/ Southekayi. Trim the ends, chop into small cubes. Set aside.

Heat oil in a kadai. Splutter mustard seeds, urad dal, chana dal, red chilli and curry leaves.
Add the Cucumber pieces, turmeric powder and salt. Mix well and cover cook in low to medium flame till Cucumber turns soft. No need to add water because the water content in Cucumber is sufficient to cook. (If needed sprinkle little water)

Stir the curry once or twice in the middle. Once its cooked, add grated coconut, chopped coriander leaves and mix well. Cook for a minute and switch off the flame.

Enjoy with rice !

Note

No need to add water for cooking this vegetable. If necessary, just sprinkle little water. Say few tbsp.
For variations, you can add sambar powder instead of red chilli.
If you wish, you can grind coconut, one green chilli, 1/2 tsp cumin seeds, 2 small onion coarsely and add to cucumber once its cooked. It gives a nice flavor to poriyal more like Kerala style thoran.

Easy, yummy Karnataka style Cucumber palya is ready to serve !

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