Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, cucumber raita 🥗. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
This is a side dish for curries. This idea is that the coolness of the yoghurt and the cucumber will counteract the hotness of the curry and so it does - much more effectively than cold drinks. This recipe is from Delia's Complete How to Cook.
Cucumber Raita 🥗 is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Cucumber Raita 🥗 is something that I have loved my whole life.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook cucumber raita 🥗 using 17 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Cucumber Raita 🥗:
- Take A. The Mains
- Prepare 1 1/3 C plain yogurt (as needed)
- Take 1 C finely diced cucumber (or use more, as needed)
- Make ready 1/3 C finely diced red onion
- Take 1/2 small lemon - juiced
- Get 1/2 tsp cumin powder (or 1tsp)
- Take 1/4 tsp coriander powder
- Make ready 1/4-1/2 tsp salt (or as needed)
- Prepare B. Optionals
- Prepare Pinch sweet paprika
- Take tbsp Finely chopped coriander -1
- Prepare 1 tbsp Finely chopped mints -
- Get C. Notes
- Make ready 👉🏻 make only with the 'A.Mains' or add the 'B.Optionals'
- Take 👉🏻 The used of herb is totally optional. Just add your fovourite herbs
- Take 👉🏻 The amount of each ingredient can be adjusted to personal preference
- Prepare 👉🏻 Add chili flakes or chili powder and adjust heat to your liking
Add more mint to taste, but do not substitute dried mint; the flavour is just not the same. Cucumber raita is not only good as an Indian starter; it is a great accompaniment for a main course. For example, if you make my Indian roast leg of lamb, you can use cucumber raita as a dressing. The flavours go very well together, and if you think the combination of lamb and mint is something out of your grandmother's kitchen, this will definitely change your mind.
Instructions to make Cucumber Raita 🥗:
- Prepare ingredients accordingly. Cut cucumbers. Remove or core the middle part of the cucumber or the cucumber seed using a teaspoon. This part is removed because it produces excess water to the salad / raita once it’s seasoned. Once all prepped, Combine and Mix everything in A well. Adjust salt accordingly. Refrigerate before serving or keep cool.
- Ingredients in B are optional. This recipe is good with or without the optionals.
A herby yogurt dip to serve with curry recipes and spiced food. If you want to make this sauce ahead, keep the cucumber separate until the last minute. Take the pan off the heat and immediately put the cumin in a bowl or container to prevent it from cooking. Cucumber raita recipe With step by step photos - Cucumber raita Is yet another very simple and easy side dish to be made in the fasting season. Cucumber raita is simple, quick and a lovely dish to be had with samvat rice accompanied with vrat ki aloo chaat or jeera aloo or any other vrat recipe.
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