Raita
By: Swati
Published: Wednesday, December 9, 2009 - 1:09am

Ingredients




1/2 cup Yogurt
teaspoon cumin
rock salt
1/4 cucumber
1/4 cup water

Preparation

1 Add water to yogurt. Mix well 2 Peel and grate cucumber, add it to yogurt . 3 Toast cumin until it changes color. Grind it. 4 Add cumin and salt to the yogurt. 5 The Raita is ready to serve.

About


Raita is a common Indian recipe. The coolness of the yogurt and cucumber offset the heat of spicy dishes nicely. Cucumber can be replaced with any other vegetables, like onion, just cut into small pieces.