South Indian Cucumber Chutney

Ingredients
Cucumber - 1/4 kg
Green Chillies - 6 or 7 (depending upon how spicy you want)
Ground Nuts - 50 gms
Jeera (Cumin seeds) - 1 tbsp
Coriander Leaves - 1/4 cup
Tamarind
Garlic - 6 or 7 flakes
Turmeric - 1/4 tbsp
Salt to taste
Oil - 3 tbsp

Procedure
Cut the cucumber is small pieces. In the frying pane take 1 tbsp oil and heat for a couple of minutes. Add Green Chillies, Groundnuts, Cumin seeds, Tamarind and Turmeric to this pane. Shallow fry for 3-4 minutes.

In the Grinder/Mixture jar put all the above ingredients and add Garlic flakes to it. Add salt to taste and half the cucumber pieces. Grind well till smooth paste.

Add the remaining cucumber pieces to the above paste. In a frying pane take 1 tbsp and heat for a minute. Put couple of red chillies (dry), cumin seeds, mustard seeds, curry leaves, a pinch of aestofida (hing) and the above paste. And your South Indian Cucumber Chutney is ready to serve.

Author's Note
This chutney goes well with Dal/Rice combination.