Hello everybody, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, cucumber raita. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Cucumber raita is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. Cucumber raita is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

Cut the cucumber into very small dice or grate on the large holes of a grater. Toast cumin seeds for a few seconds in a small, heavy frying pan over high heat. In a bowl, stir yogurt until it is smooth.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have cucumber raita using 11 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Cucumber raita:

1. Take 2 tbsp peeled and grated cucumber
2. Make ready 3-4 tbsp fresh curd (not sour)
3. Get 1/4 or less tsp salt
4. Take 2 tsp sugar
5. Take For tempering–
6. Prepare 1 and 1/2 tsp ghee
7. Get 4-5 curry leaves roughly torn
8. Prepare 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
9. Get 1/2 tsp udad dal
10. Take Pinch asafoetida
11. Make ready 1-2 tsp chopped green chillies

Cucumber raita: Greek yogurt is mixed with cumin, peeled and grated cucumber, and fresh mint. 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.

Instructions to make Cucumber raita:

1. Add cucumber, curd, salt and sugar in a bowl. Very lightly combine everything. HEAVY MIXING WILL MAKE RAITA WATERY.
2. Heat up ghee in a tampering pan. Crackle mustard. Add udad Dal and wait till it starts changing colour from white to pink. Add curry leaves, asafoetida and green chillies. Pour the tampering over raita. Combine lightly and keep refrigerated till the time of serving. IT IS ADVISABLE TO PREPARE RAITA ATLEAST AN HOUR BEFORE SERVING ALLOWING THE UDAD DAL TO GET TENDER IN RAITA.

They're mixed with the yogurt with salt and chaat masala. If you haven't heard of Indian raita, this is the time to explore! Cucumber raita is a delicious Indian dip that is cooling and refreshing. For this recipe you'll need yogurt, cucumber & fresh mint leaves. Spices include cumin, cayenne pepper and season with salt & pepper.

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