About:

There are number of variations of the basic recipe for raita, the famous Indian yogurt and cucumber condiment that accompanies every meal.

Aside from being a great party dip, this gingery yogurt dip is also delicious served with roasted veggies, rice dishes and goes very well with chips as well. Chopping /grating the ginger is the  trick that brings out ginger’s punch. Best served chilled.

Yields-2-3 servings
Preparation time-10 minutes

Ingredients:

• Finely chopped/grated cucumber- 1/2medium/1 small
• Grated ginger-1tbsp
• Natural yogurt-1 ½-2cup
• Finely chopped/minced green chillies-1
• Ground cumin-1/2tsp
• Chopped cilantro/coriander- a handful
• Black salt- 1/2tsp (can be replaced with table/sea salt)

Procedure:

• Add yogurt, black salt, ground cumin, chillies and ginger to a mixing bowl and whisk well.
• Add cucumber, cilantro/coriander and mix well.
• Refrigerate for about 20-30minutes.
• Sprinkle some red chilli powder to garnish

Serving suggestion:

Spring Onion Pulao

Mixed Sprouts Biryani

C3 Stuffed paratha

Note:

• I included the seeds of cucumber but you can discard the seeds if desired.