Green Cucumber with tomato

Cucumber is a widely cultivated plant in the gourd family, Cucurbitaceae. It is a creeping vine that bears cucumi form fruits that are used as vegetables. There are three main varieties of cucumber: slicing, pickling, and seedless.

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In Nepal there are probably more than two dozen ways to make pickles from green cucumber alone. Every community and households have their own recipes to delight the taste buds. No wonder, if it is different in different culture and different part of the country when we make pickle as it will be as per our taste bud and society we live in.  We will keep sharing with you all the varieties, if the pickle is really different than that of one we just posted.

To make a green cucumber with tomato,  here are the ingredients we need to make a pickle. This will be enough to serve for 8 - 10 people.

• 500 grams of cucumber
• 250 grams of tomatoes
• 1/4 teaspoon of turmeric powder
• Red chili powder two teaspoon
• Salt 2 teaspoon
• Green chili 3 - 4
• Mustard oil two tablespoon
• Fenugreek seeds - 1/3 of teaspoon
• Green coriander leaves

Here is the process of how to convert the ingredients into pickles ? 

• Skin the cucumber and cut it into small pieces and sprinkle one tea spoon of salt on it.
• Mix well and keep it aside for 5-7 minutes.
• Drain all the cucumber juices.
• Heat a pan and put oil on it.
• Once the oil is smoking hot keep the fenugreek seeds on it.
• When the color of fenugreek becomes brown then put all green chili on the pan.
• When the chili gets its golden brown color, add turmeric and chili powder on the pan and toss it slightly.
• Add all the chopped tomatoes on the pan and stir it properly.
• Put the lid and let it cook for 3 - 4 minutes in low gas.
• Pour all this over a bowl where cucumber is salted and drained all the excess juice from it before.
• Mix everything properly.
• Garnish it with green coriander leaves. Let it cool before you serve.

Now your pickle is ready !


The recipe is shared by Ramina Bajracharya. She is a fashion designer, a mother,  a housewife. She belongs to Newar community, who are well known for their culinary art as they have mastered the art to tease the taste buds of gourmet.