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Monday, May 10, 2010

Kheere Ka Raita - खीरे का रायता (Grated Cucumber Raita in Cool Yogurt)

Hello Friends,


Today, I am here with a nice cold raita that goes well with anything and is real quick too.
Kheere Ka Raita - खीरे का रायता (Grated Cucumber Raita in Cool Yogurt)


Ingredients
Kheera (Cucumber) - 1 cup grated
Dahi (Yogurt) - 1 cup cold, do not add any water to it
Salt - as per taste
For Seasoning
Urad Dal (skinned and split black lentils) - 1 tsp
Rai (Mustard Seeds) - 1 tsp
Jeera (Cumin Seeds) - 1 tsp
Lal Mirch (Red Chillies or green chillies based on your preference) - 2 broken in pieces
Heeng (Asefoetida) - 1 pinch
Meetha Neem (Curry Leaves) - 1 sprig
Oil - 1 tsp
Preparation

  • Take oil in a pan and all ingredients under "For Seasoning" and fry till the urad dal is light brown in color.
  • Now, take a bowl and mix kheera, dahi, salt well and add the fried seasoning at the top.

Serving
This is ready to be served with roti/paratha or warm rice alike.


That's all for now. Take care till next post.

26 comments:

  1. Delicious raita. Perfect to have in summer too.

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  2. perfect recipe for a summer day ...

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  3. Love to eat this raita as is.

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  4. I love this raita, it goes very well with every thing..

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  5. Raita luks gr8.Perfect for this climate...

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  6. Never made this version of raita. I am gonna try this next time. As everyone said it is perfect for summer.

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  7. Perfect for summer,very cooling. A must in my lunch and dinner.

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  8. Priya nice to see ur blog :)I loved ur recipe collection. Happy to be here :)

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  9. Lovely cool raita, would love to have this with pulav

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  10. a must for any biryani/pulav. Nice pic

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  11. good one, priya...i make this too...big fav in our house...

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  12. Cucumber raita is my faaav one with biriyani's.. well presented dear..

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  13. One of my fav...I just dont seasoning

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  14. its real healthy...goes perfect with pulav, biryani...nice combo...

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  15. Cucumber Raita is my favorite...such a refreshing raita during summer..looks so delicious:)

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  16. Raita looks so good...perfect and refreshing for summer...I can have this with any meal :)

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  17. Perfect side to go with spicy pulao or biryani. Yum..

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  18. I love the cucumber raita esp when you have salt and sugar mixed in.

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  19. Thats a wonderful raita, Priya..So healthy, cool and refreshing..

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  20. Bondi Raita looks yummy and refreshing!! I can have it anytime.Thans for sharing. !chowringhee

    satyaniketan

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