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Crisp cucumber in a mildly flavored creamy curd. Cucumber Raita is a refreshing and cooling side dish perfect for your fasting (vrat) meals. Try out this quick and easy recipe, which is ready in just minutes.
- 1 cup curd
- 1/3 cup grated cucumber
- 1-2 green chillies finely chopped
- 1/2 tsp sendha namak (rock salt)
- 1/4 tsp Kashmiri red chilli powder (optional)
- 1/2 tsp roasted and crushed cumin seeds (jeera)
- 1 tsp chopped green coriander leaves for garnish
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Grate the cucumber with the peel. Keep aside.
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In the meantime, whisk the curd well in a large bowl.
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Season it with salt, Kashmiri red chilli powder, and roasted and crushed cumin seeds. Mix well.
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Add in the grated cucumber and green chillies. Mix.
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Transfer to a serving bowl. Garnish with Kashmiri red chilli powder, roasted cumin seeds, and chopped green coriander leaves. The Navratri Vrat Special Cucumber Raita is ready to serve.
- You can also use unflavored yogurt for this recipe.
- This raita works great without fast too. Replace the sendha namak with regular salt.
This blog post is part of ‘Blogaberry Dazzle’ hosted by Cindy D’Silva and Noor Anand Chawla in collaboration with Mads’ Cookhouse.