Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, cucumber raita. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

The second night we made pitas stuffed with cucumber raita leftover tandoori chicken and couscous. I used regular yogurt instead and it worked well. It wasn't as firm as it would have been if I had used the Greek Yogurt (which I knew ahead of time)..

Cucumber raita is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Cucumber raita is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook cucumber raita using 7 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Cucumber raita:

1. Take 1 medium cucumber
2. Take 1/2 cup fresh curd
3. Make ready 1/2 tbsp oil
4. Prepare 1 tsp black mustard seeds
5. Prepare 1 red dry chilly
6. Take to taste salt
7. Make ready 1 tbsp chopped fresh coriander leaves

Cucumber raita is one of the most commonly made accompaniment to go with a biryani or pulao. A basic raita is made of yogurt, mild spice powders and favorite veggies or fruits. Onions, tomatoes, cucumber are few veggies that are often used. Cucumber raita: Greek yogurt is mixed with cumin, peeled and grated cucumber, and fresh mint.

Instructions to make Cucumber raita:

1. Wash and remove the skin of cucumber with the help of a peeler. grate cucumber and squeeze off water from cucumber.
2. Whisk curd in a mixing bowl and add grated cucumber in it.
3. Heat oil in a tadka pan. Add mustard seeds and red dry chilly and let it splatter. Now, add this tadka into the raita. Add salt and chopped coriander leaves, mix well and serve.

Mint raita: Packed mint leaves are blended with a green chili until finely chopped. They're mixed with yogurt, salt to taste, and a sprinkle of sugar. Boondi raita: Boondi are little balls of fried chickpea flour. They're mixed with the yogurt with. Cucumber raita is not only good as an Indian starter; it is a great accompaniment for a main course.

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