Cucumber Achar

Recipe Type:	Veg.
Difficulty:	Average

Ingredients:

• 4 Cups cucumber, peeled, seeded and sliced into 2 inch length
• 1 tbsp Salt, for dewatering cucumber
• 1/2 Cup sesame seeds
• 1 tbsp Cumin seeds
• 1 tbsp Coriander seeds
• 1 tbsp Chili paste
• 1 tbsp Garlic paste
• 2 tbsp Tamarind paste
• 3 tbsp Mustard oil
• 1 tsp Freshly ground black pepper
• Pinch of asafetida
• Salt to taste

Cooking Instructions:

• In a large bowl, mix cucumber slices and salt.
• Let it rest for at least two hours, to extract water from cucumber. Thereafter, drain it thoroughly.
• Dry roast sesame, cumin and coriander seeds.
• In a blender, blend the toasted seeds, along with chili paste, tamarind paste, garlic paste, oil, black pepper, asafetida and salt.
• Pour the mixture onto dewatered cucumber slices. Mix thoroughly.
• Refrigerate in a sterilized jar.
• Cucumber Achaar is ready.