Poosanikai Thayir Pachadi / Ash Gourd Raita

Poosanikai Thayir Pachadi is a delicious South Indian style (Tamilnadu) recipe serves as a sidedish for white rice with any tamarind based gravy.. This is normally named as Thadiyangai thayir pachadi or Ash gourd raita, you can see this recipe in most of the tamilans marriage occasions.. So I wanted to blog this recipe for a long time.. 

This dish is easy to make and taste are so great to have.. Some people grated the white pumpkin and mix with curd, but here I cut them into strips and microwave for 5 mins and add in coconut masala, and some tempering items, mix well and then serve cool.. 

So I hope that you must try this recipe and let me know it's turns out from you..

Preparation Time : 15 mins

Cooking Time : 10 mins

Serve - 4

Recipe Category - Lunch - sidedish

Recipe Cuisine - Indian

INGREDIENTS :

Ash gourd / White Pumpkin / Poosanikkai - 1 cup (chopped)

Curd - 1/2 cup

Salt - as needed

TO GRIND :

Coconut - 1/4 cup (grated)

Green Chilli - 4

Jeera / Cumin seeds - 1/2 tspn

TO TEMPER :

Oil - 1 tspn

Mustard - 1/2 tspn

Urad dal - 1 tspn

Curry leaves - 1 sprig

Asafoetida - a pinch

METHOD :

• Remove the skin and center soft part, chopped into small pieces..
• Take it in microwave safe bowl, Pop it microwave for 4 to 5 mins.. 
• You can stir inbetween twice.. 
• Now take masala ingredients in a blender and make it a smooth paste..
• Then add it to the cooked ash gourd, add in salt and mix it well.
• After they cool down, mix it with curd..
• Temper the items given under " TO TEMPER" and pour it over the pachadi..
• Mix it well, transfer them in a serving bowl..
• Enjoy..

PICTORIAL :

 Take your ash gourd

 Cut them into small long pieces

 Take them in microwave 

 Pop it microwave for 5 mins

 Now take the masala ingredients 

 Take them in blender

 Grind into paste

 Now they are cooked well

 Add in masala paste

 Mix it well

 Add in salt

 Mix it well and allow to cool

 When they cool completely

 Add in curd

Mix it well

 Heat a pn with oil with mustard

 Add in urad dal, allow to crackle

 When they sizzle

 Add in curry leaves 

 A pinch of asafoetida

 Mix it well

 Pour it over the raita

 Mix it well

 Transfer them in a bowl

 Cool and serve

 Enjoy..