Aloo Raita is a yogurt-base side dish serve with thick curry-like Hyderabadi Talawa Gosht. Raita can be made in any season. These are the ingredients used to make raita, Yogurt is the main ingredient, cucumber, onion, tomatoes, boiled potatoes, and herbs.
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I have added the raita with black pepper powder, but they are optional, and you can skip them The special thing about this raita is that there is tempering in the raita. The kid likes raita very much because I have added boiled potatoes in this raita. Raita is use to reduce curry spices.
Yogurt provides every nutrient your body need it is calcium, vitamins, and mineral.
What is Aloo Raita?
Aloo Raita is a yogurt-base dish with include vegetable like Cucumber, tomatoes, onion, and boil potatoes and mint are mixed in yogurt, and tempering is added to make it more flavorful.
Needs Ingredients
- Yogurt
- Potatoes
- Tomatoes
- Cucumber
- Onion
- Green chili is optional
- Tempering-cumin seeds, nigella seed, whole red chili, Curry leaf, poppy seeds
Step-by-Step Instruction
Wash the potatoes and add enough water into a pot and put it on the stove then add 1 teaspoon salt in it and then add potatoes in it and cook on the low-to-medium flame until potatoes are tender.
Drain the water immediately and when the potato is cool, peel the skin of the potato and cut them into small cubes, and set them aside.
Wash and peel the skin of cucumber and deseed and chop to small cubes.
Wash the tomatoes and cut them into cubes.
Peel the onion and cut it into small cubes.
In a serving bowl and add yogurt, salt to it and whisk them until smooth.
Next add the potatoes, cucumber, tomato, and onion and mix well.
In a frying pan, add oil, whole red chili, cumin seeds, nigella seeds, poppy seeds, and curry leaf and fry for a few minutes. Now transfer the tadka to the aloo raita.
Aloo Raita (Potatoe Raita with tempering)
Ingredients
Raita
- 2 Potatoes
- 2 Tomatoes
- 1 Cucumber
- 2 Onion
- 2-3 Green chili chopped is optional
- 1 Cup Yogurt
- 1/2 Tsp Salt
- 1/2 Tsp Cumin powder
Tempering
- 1 Tsp Cumin seeds
- 1/2 Tsp Nigella seed
- 3-4 Whole red chili
- 2 Leaves Curry leaf
- 1 Tsp Poppy seeds
Instructions
Preparation To Make Raita
- Wash the potatoes and add enough water into a pot and put it on the stove then add 1 tea spoon salt in it and then add potatoes in it and cook on low-to medium flame until potatoes are tender.
- Drain the water immediately and when the potato are cool,peel the skin of the potato and cut them into small cubes and set aside.
- Wash and peel the skin of cucumber and deseed and chop to small cubes.
- Wash the tomatoes and cut them into cubes.
- Peel the onion and cut into small cubes.
How To Make Raita
- In a Serving bowl and add yogurt, salt to it and whisk them until smooth.
- Next add the potatoes,cucumber,tomato and onion and mix well.
Tempering
- In frying pan,add oil, whole red chili,cumin seeds,nigella seeds,poppy seeds and curry leaf and fry a few minutes.Now transfer the tadka to the aloo raita.
