Gooseberry/Amla is an excellent source of vitamin C. In our home we have named this amla pachadi as “Vitamin C raita”. As you all know that Gooseberry has many health benefits. It improves eye sight, improves body’s resistance against diseases, a memory booster, slows down the aging process and lot more. It is also used in beauty products. Amla hair oil promotes and enriches hair growth, brings color and lustre to hair. So why not prepare this simple and instant gooseberry recipe and enjoy the health benefits of gooseberries. Today we will learn how to make Nellikai Pachadi-Amla Raita following this easy recipe.
Nellikai Thayir Pachadi-Amla-Gooseberry Raita Recipe
Prep Time : 15 mins
Serves: 2
Recipe Category: Side dish
Recipe Cuisine: Indian
Recipe Category: Side dish
Recipe Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients needed
Gooseberry – 5
Green chilli – 1
Grated coconut – 2 tbsp
Curd/Yogurt – 1 cup (plain)
Salt as needed
Roasted jeera/cumin powder -a generous pinch (optional)
For the seasoning
Oil -1 tsp
Mustard seeds-1/2 tsp
Curry leaves -few
Preparation
Cut gooseberries into small pieces and discard the seeds.
Method
Grind gooseberries, green chilli and coconut together with very less water.
Then mix curd and needed salt to it.
Heat a tsp of oil, add mustard seeds, when mustard splutters, add curry leaves and pour it over the pachadi. Sprinkle freshly roasted cumin powder and serve it. I prefer this with curd rice.
More Gooseberry recipes
Gooseberry Pickle
Nellikai Sadam (amla rice)
Gooseberry Chutney
Meet you all again with more interesting recipes, until then it is bye from Padhu of Padhuskitchen
hey thats one healthy pachadi dear…nice colour.
Biny
healthy and nutritious raita
new recipe to me.Looks really nice.
cute presentation n healthy raita!!
yummy n new recipe n the presentation also superb!
Hardly can find gooseberries here! That raita simply yummy looking ya! Cute…;)
Hey this gooseberry raita looks interesting and healthy too.
It looks very good. Have to look for gooseberries!
What a creative dish:)
Healthy and yummy pachadi..thanks for the recipe.
Full of vit -c raitha,a healthy one..
lovely presentation..
I miss eating gooseberry!…they look great!
Gooseberry raita look delicious. I love to see fresh gooseberries
Superb.
Amla pachadi looks sooo good,yummy..
Delicious n Healthy Raita!!!!
Sounds so refreshing n delicious!
US Masala
yummy yumm, wish we get gooseberries here 🙁
its been ages since i had gooseberry! nice recipe and presentation!
Padhu I am a fan of ur blog.Mainly ur art….
wow cool. keep doing
delicious recipe, great
Sounds interesting!!!
A nice way of including gooseberries into our diet..
thats what we call wholesome goodness.
this we make it in my in laws place on dhuvadisi. such a healthy raitha.cute presentation
healthy raita.
yummy and healthy raita
Healthy raita.
Yummy and healthy raita…
Healthy raita and nice presentation!
healthy one..
Such a lovely recipe! Gooseberries are so tart to have raw i hardly use them at all….
Who would have thought that the humble and sour Amla could be so versatile? Padhu, kudos to you for having posted this healthy amla raita recipe; we really enjoyed it. With issues like obesity and lifestyle related diseases proving to be a challenge today, your recipe stands out for being healthy and chock full of vitamins! Check out our blog at http://knorratseven.blogspot.com/ for expert tips on healthy eating habits.
Mam one doubt – green chilliya pachaya grind panina pachcha vasanai adikatha?
No , it will not come. Don't we grind coconut chutney with raw green chillies
what is the best season to use it? Can this be used in nov, december cold months? Reason I ask is because that seems to be the time the kids need more vitamin C to ward off cold and sinus issues. can u please let me know. And gooseberry is supposed to cool your body. So really confusing .
You can give gooseberry anytime in moderation. During cold months, you can make gooseberry rice or chutney instead of raitha. Do do not get confused. Anything in moderation is fine.
Do not we fry coconut and gooseberry and green chilly before grinding .
No need to fry anything.
Tried it today. It was awesome.
Can we have it with sambar rice also mam?
It does not go very well with sambar rice.