Asia Nora Mint Raita
"A cooling accompaniment for curries from Asia Nora Restaurant"
photo by Engrossed
- Ready In:
- 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 5
- Yields:
-
1/2 cup
ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup low-fat yogurt, drained if possible
- 1⁄2 cucumber, peeled and coarsely grated
- 2 pinches ground cumin
- 1 tablespoon chopped mint
- sea salt & freshly ground black pepper
directions
- If you have time, put the yogurt in a cheese cloth-lined colander and drain it in the refrigerator for at least one hour, preferably more. This will produce a thick yogurt, which when mixed with the cucumber will produce a thicker and less watery raita.
- Squeeze the grated cucumber very well between your fingers to drain it. This prevents the raita from being too watery. Mix the cucumber with the yogurt, cumin and mint. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
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Reviews
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This is a good basic raita. I liked the fresh mint addition. I used Balkan (thick) yogurt and didn't drain it, English cucumber, plus the rest. I may make this again. -
Made for Gimme 5 Tag game. This was great Marra...I had it with my chicken curry,basmati rice and Naan Bread.I like the pinch of cumin and loved the mint...very nice! -
This was really good and ever so easy! After grating the cucumber, I let it drain for about 30 minutes then squeezed out the remaining juice. My raita was not watery at all. I served it alongside Recipe #188323 which also has a minty component. Thanks for sharing your recipe! -
You cannot beat a wonderful Raita, and this one is a classic recipe. Excellent Marra! I made this for an accompaniment to go with a simple chickne curry - perfect! Thanks! FT:-) -
This is the BEST cucumber raita I've made at home and I've made a few! I used nonfat greek yogurt which is thicker so I didn't bother to do step 1 and went straight to step 2. WONDERFUL with your recipe#259581! Made for the Photo tag game. Freddy Cat approves!
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