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    Home » By Category » Chutneys & Condiments » Chutney~Pachadi

    Published: Aug 18, 2011 · Modified: Dec 27, 2019 by Usha Rao

    Dondakaya Perugu Pachadi ~ Ivy Gourd in Mustard Yogurt Dressing

    Few years ago, during my first visit back to India, one of our aunts invited us for lunch. One of the items on the menu was dondakaya perugu pachadi and I liked it a lot. She chopped dondakaya and made raita or perugu pachadi with raw dondakaya. The crunchy raw vegetable in seasoned yogurt was mouthwatering! After coming back from my vacation, I forgot all about this pachadi. Two or three years ago, when I was on a guilt trip of not consuming enough calcium thru my diet, I was thinking of various ideas to make riatas and perugu pachadi. I remembered this pachadi and made it a few times. My pachadi was not as delicious as my aunt's but it was palatable.  I have not made the pachadi since then and thanks to this marathon, here I am with this delicious perugu pachadi.

    For the third day of the marathon, I am sharing this dondakaya perugu pachadi under the theme five or less ingredients. Ivy gourd is dondakaya & perugu is yogurt in telugu.

    Dondakaya perugu pachadi, Ivy gourd raita, ivy gourd in mustard yogurt dressing

    Ingredients:

    1. 15 Dondakaya / Tindora / Ivy Gourd or 1 ½ cups Ivy Gourd cut into semi-circles
    2. ½ small Red Onion chopped
    3. 1 tsp. Mustard Powder
    4. 1 cup Yogurt
    5. Tempering & Seasoning
      • Salt to taste (approx. 1 tsp.)
      • 2 tsp. Oil
      • ½ tsp. Jeera
      • ½ tsp. Mustard Seeds
      • ½ Urad Dal
      • 3 Curry Leaves
      • 1 Red Chili (I normally don't like to add red chili but  added for a good picture)
      • 3 Green Chilies deseeded and chopped (optional. You could either use red chilies or green)

    Preparation:

    • Wash ivy gourd and cut them into semi – circles or quarter-circles and chop the onion.
    • Take ivy gourd & onion into a serving bowl. Add mustard powder, salt and mix well.
    • Now add the yogurt. Taste it and adjust mustard powder & salt to your taste.
    • In a pan take some oil for tempering. Oil is hot; add cumin, mustard and urad dal. When the seeds pop, add curry leaves, dry chili & green chilies. When the chilies are roasted, turn off the heat, add turmeric. Let the tempering cool.
    • Add it to the pachadi. Serve it as a side dish with rice or roties.

    If you like this pachadi, you may also like these raitas & perugu pachadis

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    1. Suma Gandlur says

      August 23, 2011 at 4:27 pm

      Very interesting! Never thought of adding raw tindora to raita.

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    2. Priya says

      August 19, 2011 at 5:17 pm

      Delicious and quite a new pachadi for me, awesome Usha..

      Reply
    3. Bhagi says

      August 19, 2011 at 11:53 am

      Never had dondakaya perugupacchadi...thanks for sharing the recipe Usha.....looks yummy

      Reply
    4. Mina Joshi says

      August 19, 2011 at 7:45 am

      Love this recipe. You have made it perfectly with the addition of mustard.

      Reply
    5. Pavani says

      August 19, 2011 at 7:34 am

      Raw dondakaya in perugu pachadi--very interesting and sounds delicious. Will have to try..

      Reply
    6. vaishali sabnani says

      August 19, 2011 at 6:41 am

      v interesting indeed:)

      Reply
    7. Srivalli says

      August 18, 2011 at 11:05 pm

      Usha, love this chutney, do send this for the Condiment mela also..:)

      Reply
    8. Notyet100 says

      August 18, 2011 at 11:02 pm

      This looks so delicious,thnks for the recipe 🙂

      Reply
    9. harini-jaya says

      August 18, 2011 at 10:03 pm

      This sounds very interesting!! Never made this..

      Reply

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