It is a very easy Kerala style zucchini curry, that I am posting today. This curry would taste very similar to our very own vellarikka curry. I got this idea from my friend Manju Jyotish who often make this and told me to try it too. I tried it last week and loved it. It tasted almost like vellarikka curry and went along well with rice. You can use Indian cucumber instead of zucchini for the original taste. Here is the recipe.
Ingredients
- Zuchini – 2
- Green chillies – 2, slit
- Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
- Chilly powder – 1/2 tsp
- Grated coconut -1/2 – 3/4 cup
- Cumin seeds – 1/2 tsp
- Pearl onion – 5 -6 chopped
- Dry red chillies – 2
- Curd – 2 tbsp (Optional)
- Oil – 2 tsp
- Salt – To taste
Method
1. Slice the zucchini into rounds and cook it covered in enough water along with slit green chillies, turmeric powder, chilly powder and salt.
2. Grind the coconut along with 1/2 tsp cumin seeds to a very fine paste. When the zucchini is almost cooked, add the ground coconut-cumin mixture and cook for a few more minutes. Switch off. Add 2 tbsp beaten curd and mix well. You can add more curd if you wish.
3. Heat oil in another pan and add the dry red chillies and chopped pearl onion. Saute until the pearl onions turn brown and then pour it over the curry. Mix well and cover with a lid for 15 mts. Serve it along with rice.
Tips:
1. Substitute zucchini with cubed Indian cucumber for the Kerala cucumber/vellarikka curry.
Sending this dish to the Green Gourmet Event hosted by Preeti of Write Food.
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Also sending our spinach-toor dal thoran to Preeti’s Green Gourmet Event:
Love zucchinis.This looks amazing Yummies, kandittu epol thanne kazhikan thonunund..
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Kairali sisters
excellent idea…
Zucchini curry looks so delicious…
Nice green recipes.
Never tried this veggie as I didnt know how to prepare this… This is a good option and now I can try this 🙂
Wonderful curry with zucchinis..looks delicious dear…will try this.
A lovely recipe not cooked zuccini in this way before.I like the addition of curd.
Wow, that is a very new and yummy looking recipe. I love roasted brussel sprouts recipe as well. Will surely try it out as I have never made made anything out of brussel sprouts before.
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u are true! ur curry have all the look and features of a kerala curry! awesome click!
The curry looks simple and comforting…easy prepration…
Looks awesome, very nice pictures.
Looks awesome, love this recipe so much…nice one’:)
curry with zucchini sounds interesting and delicious..very innovative recipe…thanks for sharing this!
Zucchini for vellarikka curry..nice idea..will definitely try it next week..
Curry looks super delicious..love these sort of beautiful dishes..
love this yummy curry…perfect with rice…
zuchini malayalathyil entha paryunna…
curry luks perfect..i never make curry with zucch
Curry looks nice & healthy..
hai dear innale njan cheera parippu anu try cheythathu posted in my blog. zucchini curry looks nice.will try soon. one of my punjabi friend gve the zucciini mezhukkupuratti recipe and i was tried and it came out well.
Hi. I would love to try this with the Indian cucumber, it looks so tempting.
wow!!!
curry looks yummy dear…
lovely clicks 🙂
Curry looks delish…nice color
my Fav curry!!! i always make vellarikka curry with zucchini ;)..allel vellarikka kittan padalle…i have one in draft too…
looks so delicious…i get the wonderful aroma here…
I used to do a spicy curry with zucchini always. Loved your version. Will try this next time. But I have done cucumber curd curry. This spinach and dal looks so yumm
Kollalo zucchini curry.Grt idea!
Nice one…I had vellerika with me till yst..Ithu kanditu vellerika curry undakan thonunu..but I have to wait till my next shoppg..Anyway nice idea to use zucchini 🙂
Zucchini curry is way delicious n i would like to try ur version soon.Hot rice n papad will make it a more delicious combo to rely on.