Cucumber Stir Fry is a traditional recipe made using small cucumber. It is ideal to pair with chapathi, jowar roti or even as an accompaniment with steamed rice and rasam.

The cucumber stir fry is one of the simplest yet tasty recipe which you can make at home. Cucumber is known as southekayi in kannada. It is one vegetable, I use regularly at home. The cucumber we get are small and fresh. We prefer eating raw cucumber as in a salad or a snack. It can also be used in  masala rice or even a simple stir fry. The usual south indian meal in our home consists of a stir fry, dal with green leaf, rasam, chapathi, steamed rice along with pickle and dry chutney powder. Curd is another essential and our meals are incomplete without curd rice. 

Ways to serve cucumber stir fry:

It is usually served with chapathi.or jowar roti. You can also make it as an accompaniment with hot steamed rice. It is a part of the festive thali in Karnataka. 

cucumber stir fry

Ingredients:

• 1 tablespoon oil
• 1/2 teaspoon mustard
• 1/4 teaspoon asafoetida
• 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
• a few curry leaves
• 1/4 kilogram small variety cucumber
• salt
• 2 teaspoon vegetable spice mix
• 1/2 teaspoon chilli powder

Method:

1. Wash and cut the cucumber into one inch pieces. Let them be of the same size.
2. Take oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, as it splutters, put the turmeric powder and asafoetida. Throw in the cucumber pieces.
3. I usually close a lid with some water over it, this helps in even cooking. Alternatively, you can sprinkle a little water over the vegetable and close the lid.
4. Cook them till tender, avoid adding salt in the beginning.
5. Once the cucumber slices are cooked, put salt, spice mix and a little chilli powder.
6. Mix it and let it cook for sometime.
7. Cucumber Stir Fry is ready to serve. 

Take a tip:

• The cooking time depends on the quality of cucumber. The old ones lying in the refrigerator usually need some more time to cook. 
• The spice mix is handy to use.  I always have it in my pantry.

Print Pin

5 from 3 votes

Cucumber Stir Fry | Southekayi Palya

Cucumber stir fry is a simple yet tasty side dish from Karnataka. It is ideal to pair with chapathi or jowar roti.

Course dinner, lunch

Cuisine South Indian

Keyword cucumber stir fry, side dish

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes minutes

Total Time 25 minutes minutes

Author Jayashree

Equipment

• 1 pan
• 1 ladle
• 2 plate

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon oil
• 1/2 teaspoon mustard
• 1/4 teaspoon asafoetida
• 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
• a few curry leaves
• 1/4 kilogram small variety cucumber
• salt
• 2 teaspoon spice mix
• 1/2 teaspoon chilli powder

Instructions

• Wash and cut the cucumber into one inch pieces. Let them be of the same size.
• Take oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, as it splutters, put the turmeric powder and asafoetida. Throw in the cucumber pieces.
• I usually close a lid with some water over it, this helps in even cooking. Alternatively, you can sprinkle a little water over the vegetable and close the lid.
• Cook them till tender, avoid adding salt in the beginning.
• Once the cucumber slices are cooked, put salt, spice mix and a little chilli powder.
• Mix it and let it cook for sometime.
• Cucumber Stir Fry is ready to serve.

Notes

• Cut the cucumber pieces proportionately, cooking will be even and faster.
• Small variety of cucumber is used here.
• Spice mix recipe is shared earlier, do check it.

south indian cucumbeer stir fry