Khamang Kakdi (Maharashtrian style cucumber salad (Koshimbir)

Name: Khamang Kakdi (Maharashtrian style cucumber salad (Koshimbir)
Total time: 900 s
Yield: 3 to 4 people
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 small cucumbers (ideally, a type of cucumber known as "तवसं in marathi, which looks similar to zucchini); 1 handful roasted peanuts, crushed; 1-2 green chillies (as per taste), finely sliced; 5-6 sprigs coriander, finely chopped; 2-3 tsp grated coconut; 1/2 tsp salt (as per taste); 1/2 tsp sugar (optional); 1-2 tsp lemon juice (optional); 1/2 tsp mustard seeds (optional); 2 tsp oil, a few curry leaves for tempering (optional)

Yadnya Desai @Kitchen_Yadnya

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Khamang Kakdi is a delightful salad having various flavors and textures. It is also known as kakdi chi koshimbir which in Marathi language means, salad (koshimbir) made from cucumber (kakdi). It features a mix of cucumber, fresh coconut, roasted peanuts, lemon juice (optional) and green chilies that are later tempered with mustard and curry leaves (optional). So imagine the taste, flavor and texture this cucumber salad must be having.

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Ingredients

15 minutes

3 to 4 people

2small cucumbers (ideally, a type of cucumber known as "तवसं in marathi, which looks similar to zucchini)
1 handfulroasted peanuts, crushed
1-2green chillies (as per taste), finely sliced
5-6 sprigscoriander, finely chopped
2-3 tspgrated coconut
1/2 tspsalt (as per taste)
1/2 tspsugar (optional)
1-2 tsplemon juice (optional)
1/2 tspmustard seeds (optional)
2 tspoil, a few curry leaves for tempering (optional)

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Steps

15 minutes

1

Grate the cucumber in a bowl, squeeze and remove all the water (Tastes yum to drink).
2

Add the crushed peanuts, sugar(optional) and salt.
3

Add chillies, coriander, coconut and mix together.
4

Optionally, add lemon juice. Serve chilled during lunch or eat it just like that...

Tips

(optional)You can temper it with mustard seeds and curry leaves. I do not temper it as I generally prefer making this on fasting days and we do not eat mustard seeds on fasting days.