Cuisine: Andhra Pradesh
Category: Breakfast
Prep: 10 min
Cook: 15 min
Serves: 4
Difficulty: Easy
🌿 Vegetarian
Classic Andhra pachadi (chutney) made with yogurt with vegetables — bold and intensely flavoured.
Ingredients
- - 1 cup yogurt with vegetables
- - 2 tbsp oil
- - 2 green chillies
- - 2 garlic cloves
- - Small piece tamarind
- - 1 tsp mustard seeds
- - 1/2 tsp urad dal
- - 2 dried red chillies
- - Salt to taste
Method
- Whisk yogurt: Beat 2 cups thick fresh yogurt until completely smooth.
- Roast and grind mustard: Dry roast 1 tsp mustard seeds briefly. Grind with 2 green chillies and a tiny piece of ginger to a coarse paste.
- Make coconut paste: Blend 3 tbsp fresh grated coconut with the mustard paste to a smooth paste.
- Prepare vegetables: Finely dice half cup cucumber or add roasted brinjal pieces.
- Combine: Mix coconut-mustard paste into whisked yogurt. Add the vegetables.
- Season: Add salt and a pinch of sugar. Mix gently.
- Make tempering: Heat 1 tbsp oil. Add 1 tsp mustard seeds. When they pop add 2 dried red chillies, curry leaves and a pinch of asafoetida.
- Add tempering: Pour over perugu pachadi. Mix gently.
- Chill: Refrigerate 15-20 minutes before serving.
- Serve: Adjust salt. This Andhra style perugu pachadi is a cooling yogurt relish. Serve with rice, biryani or any Andhra meal.