Raita (Cucumber Salad) | Recipe

Raita (Cucumber Salad) | Recipe

Key Ingredients:

Cucumber                     500 gm
Curd                             250 gm
Salt                               as per taste
Sarso (Mustard seeds) 1/2 tbs
Chilli powder               1/2 tbs (as per taste)
Turmeric powder         1/4 tbs
Red dried chilly           3/ 4

Recipe:
1. Grate cucumber and remove excess water after grating.
2. Add salt, chili powder, curd and mix them well.
3. Heat oil in a pan and fry red chili until its color changes to black put Mustard seeds, turmeric and let it cook for 30 sec and pour it in the Raita. Stir it and delicious Raita is ready to serve.

If you like sour Raita then following is the recipe:

Cucumber                      500 gm
Sesame seeds (til)          500 gm
Lemon                            2 medium
salt                                  as per taste
chili  powder                  1/2 tbs
Fenugreek seeds            1/2 tbs
Red dried chili               3/4
turmeric powder           1/4 tbs

Method
1. Fry sesame seed in dry pan and grind it.
2. Grate Cucumber and add sesame seed powder, salt chilly powder, lemon.
3. Heat oil in a pan put fenugreek seed in it and cook it until its color changes to dark brown and add chili and cook it until its color changes to black. Finally off the flame and add turmeric powder and pour heated oil into the Raita, mix it and spicy raita is ready to serve.