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Raita - Salad Yoghurt
DESCRIPTION
A cooling combination of salad vegetable dipped in plain or Greek yoghurt makes a beautiful balance as a side-dish for hot and spicy curry based dishes. A quick, healthy recipe that can be made in a few minutes, with hardly any effort.
Ingredients
- 1 Bowl of plain Yoghurt.
- 1 Tomato chopped.
- 1 cucumber chopped.
- 1 cup whole urid dhal
- 2 chillies(broken in to 2 halves)
- 1/2 carrot chopped/shredded
- 1 onion chopped.
- 1 red dried chilli.
- Hand full of curry leaves.
- 1/2 tsp mustard seeds.
- oil (little bit).
- Salt to taste.
Method
- If Yoghurt is too thick dilute with some water-so that it is more fluid.
- Add the cucumber,tomatos,onion,carrot and chillies.
- Add salt and stir well and keep aside.
- Turn on the stove,and add a little bit of oil in a small saucepan.
- Add the mustard once oil heats, and wait until they start popping.
- Add dried chilli.
- Add fresh curry leaves.
- Turn off the stove.
- Add the mixture in the saucepan over the yoghurt preparation.
- Now it is ready to be served.
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