Cucumber stir fry.
You’ve been making cucumber salads all your life, now try making this cucumber stir-fry.
It’s got scraped coconut and ingredients you can find in your pantry.
The cooked cucumber and coconut with mustard gives this vegetarian and vegan dish a wonderful taste that even the kids will love.
Menu ideas to serve with cucumber stir-fry.
- Red rice, canned fish curry, creamy eggplant curry, and some poppadams served with this cucumber stir-fry.
- White rice, onion and tomato sambol, Sri Lankan chicken curry, curd chillies with the vegetarian cucumber stir-fry.
- White rice, slow-cooked beef curry, pumpkin curry, Malay pickle and this cucumber stir fry.
Utensils and appliances needed
Chopping board and knife.
Medium-sized frying pan to make the cucumber stir fry.
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Green bean stir fry with coconut.
Sri Lankan beetroot stir fry
Avoid refrigerating, reheating, or freezing.
How to make
cucumber stir fry
(vegetarian/vegan)
Please make sure to read the recipe instructions carefully to avoid mistakes.
Ingredients
Ingredients mentioned below use standard measuring cups and spoons.
1 large cucumber
2 tablespoons of oil
1/2 teaspoon of Turmeric powder
2-3 whole dry red chillies
1/2 a teaspoon of mustard seeds
1/2 teaspoon of red chillie powder(optional for heat)
1/4 cup scraped coconut(you can also use dessicated coconut)
Salt to season
Method
Wash and peel the large cucumber. here’s a step by step video on how to peel and cut a cucumber you might find helpful.
Cut the cucumber and scrape off the seeds. Cut them into 1/2 inch cubes.
Once you’ve cut them into cubes gently squeeze out any liquid and add them into a bowl.
Place a cooking pan over low fire and add oil(2 tbs) into the pan.
Add turmeric(1/2 tsp) and dry red chillies(2) to the cooking pan.
Cook until the red chillies plump up and then add mustard seeds(1/2 tsp) and red chillie flakes(1/2 tsp).
Constantly move the spices around and maintain low heat, cook for 10 seconds.
Immediately add the cucumber cubes and cook for a few minutes(2-3 min).
Add the freshly scraped coconut(1/4 cup), season with salt and cook for another 3-5 minutes.
Taste and check if you need more salt. Continue to cook for 2 minutes and remove from the stove.
Serve the cucumber stir fry with any of the Sri Lankan meal ideas given above.
Cucumber stir fry(vegetarian/ vegan)
You’ve been making cucumber salads all your life, now try making this cucumber stir-fry.
It’s got scraped coconut and ingredients you can find in your pantry.
The cooked cucumber and coconut with mustard give this vegetarian and vegan dish a wonderful taste that even the kids will love.
Ingredients
Ingredients mentioned below use standard measuring cups and spoons.
- 1 large cucumber
- 2 tablespoons of oil
- 1/2 teaspoon of Turmeric powder
- 2-3 whole dry red chillies
- 1/2 a teaspoon of mustard seeds
- 1/2 teaspoon of red chillie powder(optional for heat)
- 1/4 cup scraped coconut(you can also use dessicated coconut)
- Salt to season
Instructions
Wash and peel the large cucumber. here’s a step by step video on how to peel and cut a cucumber you might find helpful.
Cut the cucumber and scrape off the seeds. Cut them into 1/2 inch cubes.
Once you’ve cut them into cubes gently squeeze out any liquid and add them into a bowl.
Place a cooking pan over low fire and add oil(2 tbs) into the pan.
Add turmeric(1/2 tsp) and dry red chillies(2) to the cooking pan.
Cook until the red chillies plump up and then add mustard seeds(1/2 tsp) and red chillie flakes(1/2 tsp).
Constantly move the spices around and maintain low heat, cook for 10 seconds.
Immediately add the cucumber cubes and cook for a few minutes(2-3 min).
Add the freshly scraped coconut(1/4 cup), season with salt and cook for another 3-5 minutes.
Taste and check if you need more salt. Continue to cook for 2 minutes and remove from the stove.
Serve the cucumber stir fry with any of the Sri Lankan meal ideas given above.