VEGETABLE RAITA

Vegetable Raita

Ingredients

1 cup plain yogurt

1 cucumber grated

1 carrot grated

3 spring onion

1 green chilli

2 stalks of celery

1 medium tomato

1 onion

1 sprig coriander lesaves

Salt - to taste

1/2 tsp cumin powder

Method

1. Finely chop spring onion, chilli, celery, tomato onion and coriander leaves.

2. Beat yogurt well and add the rest of the ingredients. Refrigerate till chill.

3. Vegetable Raita is ready to serve.

MIX FRUIT RAITA

Mix Fruit Raita

Ingredients

2 cups Curd (yogurt)

3 Bananas

1 small Pineapple

2 Apples

1 Ripe Mango

1 cup Pomegranate seeds

Chopped coriander leaves

Sugar- to taste

Salt - to taste

Black pepper powder to taste

Method

1. Stir the curd with hand mixer properly and mix salt, sugar, if the curd is thick add little milk or water.

2. Cut all fruits in small cubes and add to the curd.

3. Garnish the fruit raita with chopped coriander and pomegranate.

4. Mix well and chill. Mix Fruit Raita is ready to serve.

BEETROOT RAITA

Beetroot Raita

Ingredients

1 Beet root

1 cup - curd/yogurt

1/2tsp Mustard seeds

1/2tsp Cumin seeds

5 - 6 leaves of karipatta

1 tbsp Coriander leaves

A pinch Asafoetida

1/4 tablespoon of green chilli

2 tablespoons of ghee or oil

Sugar and salt as per taste

Method

1. Cut the beet root into 4-5 large pieces.

2. Partially boil with water.

3. Peel off the skin and grate finely.

4. Add the grated beet to the beaten curd/yogurt.

5. Heat the oil.

6. Add Mustard and Cumin seeds to the oil and wait till they flutter.

7. Add asafoetida and karipatta.

8. Add finely chopped green chilli.

9. Add the oil to grated beetroot curd mix as prepared in step 4.

10. Add salt and sugar and mix together.

12. Chill and serve beetroot raita.

SHAHI MANGO RAITA

Ingredients:

1 ripe mango

4 cups - Plain yogurt

200 gms or 8 oz - Condense milk

1 table spoon - Crushed cashew

1 table spoon - Crushed almonds

1 table spoon - Crushed pistachio

2-3 pinch Cardamom powder

Method

1. Peel and cut Mango in small pieces.

2. Mix condense milk and curd ,beat till smooth.

3. Add crushed nuts and cardamom powder in this curd .

4. Add mango pieces in this mix.

5. Add sugar to taste .

6. Mix well and chill Shahi Mango Raita before serving.