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Raitas and Salads

Recipes

Recipes Raitas

Direction For Cooking

Onion Raitha
Slice onions into long thin pieces. Add little salt and mix well. Keep aside for two or three hours Squeeze out and beaten curds. Crush garlic and two green chillies into fine paste. fry for a minute in little oil. Add to the raitha mix well and serve.
Spinanch Raitha
Chops spinanch as fine as possible. Heat oil and fry by sprinkling a little water. Cool and grind to smooth paste. Beat curds. Slice onins, garlic and green chillies. Heat ghee and fry garlic, green chillies and onion. Cool and add it to spinanch with salt and curd. Sprinkle a little garam masala.
Masala Raitha
Grate carrots and cucumber. Chop green chillies and corriander leaves. Beat curds with salt and little turmeric powder. Heat oil and fry a pinch assfoetida powder and cumin seeds. Add it to curds with a pinch of roasted mustard powder and fennugreek powder. Mix in grated vegetables and serve.
Mint Raitha
Grind mint leaves into fine paste. Add roasted cumin powder, salt and chilli powder. Beat thick curds till creamy. Mix everything together.
Chaquote Squash Raitha
Slice and remove seeds. Dice finely as possible. Heat oil and fry the pieces for few minutes till it becomes soft. Allow it to cool. Grind green chilies, coconut and cashewnuts to fine paste. Add to the pieces with enough salt. Beat curds till thick and mix just before serving.
Brinjal Raitha
Roast brinjal over flames or broil till the top is burnt well. Turn around, so that the whole brinjal is roasted well. Cool and then peel skin. Mash thoroughly. Add thick beaten curds, salt finely cut onions and green chillies. Sprinkle little red chilli powder and garam masala powder(or ground paste of corrinader leaves and green chillies)

Spicy Bean Salad

Make a paste of tomatoes, green chilles, olive oil and chillies in vinegar. Soak red chillies in vinegar for 20-30 minutes. Add salt to it.Mix the above paste with all the beans and peas. Add finely chopped onions and salt.

Spicy Cucumber Logs

Ingredients

2 Cucumbers
1/2 cup Grated carrot
1/2 cup Moong sprout
1/2 cup Yogurt
pich of mustard powder
1/4 Tsp Pepper powder
some Lettuce leaves
desired Salt

Direction For Cooking

Wash and dry cucumbers. Check for bitterness. Cut them into 3 inches long round pieces.  Hallow these from inside, leaving the base intact.Mix yogurt, masala, moog sprouts and carrots.Fill the logs with the above mixture.Arrange some lettuce leaves on a plate, spread grated carrot now place these logs.

Simply Superb Salad

Peel and wash cucumbers, beets, onions, carrots and radish.Cut them long in lengthwise and Spread them on a serving tray.Sprinkle some chat masala as desired.

Spicy Eggplant Raita

Peel and wash cucumbers, beets, onions, carrots and radish.Cut them long in lengthwise and Spread them on a serving traySprinkle some chat masala as desired.

Tomato Cucumber Salad

Dice tomatoes, cucumber, onion into even sized small cubes.Sprinkle salt, pepper, lemon juice and mix well.Serve chill !

Peanut Sundal

Wash and pressure cook nuts along with salt till soft to touch. Unshell the peanuts and keep aside.Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, a pinch of asafoetida, curry leaves and nuts. Fry for few minutes.Pound fresh coconut, green chillies. Add this to the above and mix well.

Squeeze lemon juice and garnish with coriander leaves.