Nellikkai Pachadi (Gooseberry Pachadi)

Ingredients:

Gooseberry(big) - 6
Salt - 1/2 tsp
Mustard, Cumin, Methi seeds - 1/4 tsp
Red chilly - 1
Curd - 100 ml
Coconut scrap - 5 tsp

For tempering:
oil - very little for tempering
Red chilli - 1
Mustard, urad, cumin - 1/4 tsp

Method:
Steam cook gooseberry. Remove seed and add salt to the fleshy part of gooseberry.
Fry mustard, cumin, methi and red chilli in very little oil and grind it along with gooseberry.
Add curd to the ground paste and keep aside.
Grind coconut to fine paste and add this to the mix.
Do tempering and pour it over the mix.
Tasty Nellikkai pachadi is ready to serve!

Gooseberry-Pome Raita

Ingredients:
Indian Gooseberry - 4
Pomegranate - half fruit
Beaten curd - 1 cup
Salt - to taste

Method:
Steam cook gooseberry for 5 minutes. Remove seed and chop into small pieces.
Mix salt, curd and pomegranate seeds with chopped gooseberry and let it sit for some time.
Gooseberry-Pome raita is ready.

Even those who hate the sour-bitter taste of gooseberry will find this delicious.

Both the fruits have numerous health benefits.This is a "Haemoglobin-friendly" raita :) Both Gooseberry and pomegranate helps increase blood count. Gooseberry's nutritional factor is such that it doesn't lose its nutritional value even after cooking and its Vitamin C content is 20 times more than that of a Orange.

Enjoy the 'Sweet-Salt-Sour' Raita!