Raita

Name: Raita
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 500ml full fat yoghurt; 1 cucumber, grated and squeezed dry; 1 handful fresh mint, chopped; 1 tsp roasted cumin powder; 1 tsp chaat masala; 1 tsp salt; 1 pinch chilli powder for garnish

Cooling Indian yoghurt with cucumber, cumin and mint — the essential accompaniment to spicy curries and biryani.

Total time

15 min

Prep

15 min

Cook

0 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Indian

vegetariangluten-free

Ingredients

500mlfull fat yoghurt

1cucumber, grated and squeezed dry

1 handfulfresh mint, chopped

1 tsproasted cumin powder

1 tspchaat masala

1 tspsalt

1 pinchchilli powder for garnish

Instructions

Whisk yoghurt until smooth.

Squeeze all moisture from grated cucumber.

Add cucumber, mint, roasted cumin and chaat masala to yoghurt.

Season with salt and mix well.

Taste and adjust seasoning.

Refrigerate at least 30 minutes for flavours to develop.

Dust with chilli powder before serving alongside biryani or any spicy curry.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.

Calories

Protein

5.1g

Fat

4.2g

Carbs

9.3g

Fiber

0.8g

Sodium

526mg

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