Pistachio and Mint Raita/ Yogurt dip
About:
This is a delicious creamy dip with wonderful minty flavour and crunchiness of chopped pistachio with nutty taste of crushed nuts. Usually this dip is served with any biryani or pulao or even as a side dish with meal along with spicy curry/ flat bread like paratha.
Health benefits of Pistachio:
Snacking on pistachios may help lower your cholesterol. Pistachios contain fewer calories and more potassium and vitamin K per serving than other nuts.
Serves: 3-4
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Ingredients:
- Non-fat Greek yogurt- 1 cup
- Unsalted roasted pistachio- 1/4 cup + for garnishing
- Mint – 10-12 leaves
- Chopped onion-1 medium
- Black salt-1tsp (can substitute with regular table salt)
- Chilli powder-1/2tsp
- Chaat masala- 1/2tsp
Procedure:
- Place pistachio, mint leaves in a blender or food processor and blend until crushed.
- In a small bowl whisk together the yogurt, crushed pistachio-mint, onion, chat masala, chilli powder, black salt until combined well.
- Garnish with chopped pistachio.
Serve with flavoured rice/biryani/pulao/paratha.
Posted on November 26, 2014, in Dips, Dips, Indian, International. Bookmark the permalink. 26 Comments.
I always enjoyed yogurt dips but when you add it with my favorite kind of nut? pistachio? how can i not want 🙂
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Thank you Andy… nuts are healthy and family favorite tooo so I keep playing around with it… glad you liked it too… good day… 🙂
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Pista and mint. What a combination!
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Thank you Aruna, your appreciation and support means a lot… glad you liked it….:)
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what is the difference between chaat masala and garam masala? By the way, this looks so yummy and healthy! 🙂
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Thank you Jen and glad you liked it. The difference is mainly the ingredients used in each of them. Chaat Masala is used for topping on food to enhance the taste, which is used mainly in Indian street food snacks. However Garam Masala is blend of spices which are used for cooking everyday food. Hope I answered your question. Please let me know if you require more info….I love to share what I know
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Thank you that helps a lot! 🙂
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You welcome Jen
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I love love love creamy dips! I’ve never had one with pistachios- I’ll have to try this!!
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Thank you Tracy… glad you liked it… wait to hear from you. ..good day.. 🙂 🙂
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This looks very good, light and refreshing! I love pistachios and yogurt but have never tried them together before.
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Linnet – They blend very well..One bite soft and another crunchy…my mouth is watering while writing 🙂
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Wow raita with pistachio is awesome:-)
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Thank you dear… 🙂
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yum yum yummm!
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Thanx a ton dear Sophie. .. 🙂
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I love Raitas another good recipe
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Thank you Natasha. .. glad you liked it.. 🙂 🙂
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Fabulous 🙂 Thanks for sharing…
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Thank you Antonio. .. glad you liked it… 🙂 🙂
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