Raita

Raita is a side dish made with vegetables and yogurt or sour cream that is served with poori ( fried flatbread), chapathi ( flatbread ) or with biryani ( spicy vegetable rice). It helps cool down the palate when eating dishes that may be spicy.

Raita is one of my favorite dishes. I typically like to use cucumber in my raita. Onion is commonly used in Indian restaurants. Sometimes carrots are used. I have also seen raita with pineapple, crunchy boondi etc. in this version I have used onion , carrot , and cucumber.

Ingredients

Red onion - 1/2 chopped into strips or cubes (add salt to the onions and mix well and let it sit . It sweats it a little and you can squeeze the extra moisture out of it)

Carrot - 1/2 shredded 

Cucumber - 1 small cubed

Sour cream/ plain yogurt - 1 cup

Cumin powder - 1 tsp 

Chaat masala - 1 tsp

Cilantro leaves - a few chopped

Mint leaves- a few chopped

Salt - to taste 

Instructions 

1. In a large mixing bowl place all of the ingredients and mix together really well. 

2. This makes for a thick mixture 

3. Add water to thin this out so that it is at a sauce consistency to serve 

4. Serve with biryani , poori , chapathi , 

parotta