Cucumber Raita
Cucumber Raita is a cool creamy side dish made by cubing the cucumber and blending it with thick curd & spices. Cucumber Raita is a healthy, no cooking accompaniment for spicy rice meal like Biryani and flatbreads like roti & chapati too. Cucumber Raita recipe I published in this post with step by step pictures.
Servings3 people
Ingredients
- 1 cup curd
- 3 small cucumber
- 1/4 teaspoon cumin powder
- 1/4 teaspoon red chilli powder
- 2 teaspoon coriander leaves chopped
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Rinse cucumber in water, peel of the skin using a peeler and trim the edges.
- Then chop them into small bite sized pieces or just grate them finely, set aside.
- In a mixing bowl whisk the curd well.
- Then add cumin powder, red chilli powder , required salt then chopped cucumber and coriander leaves. Mix well.
- Serve Cucumber Raita with biryani / even rotis!
Notes
- You can even grate the cucumber instead of chopping. But I personally prefer the chunky pieces as its nice crunchy 🙂
- You can add pepper powder instead of red chilli powder too.
- Always whisk the curd well before mixing the ingredients for any type of raita.
- Use thick curd(yogurt) for raita.
- You can even roast cumin seeds before powdering to give more flavour to your raita. If you prefer garnish with cumin powder while serving.
Nutrition Facts
Cucumber Raita
Amount Per Serving (75 g)
Calories 70
Calories from Fat 27
% Daily Value*
Fat 3g5%
Saturated Fat 2g13%
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.1g
Monounsaturated Fat 1g
Cholesterol 11mg4%
Sodium 1336mg58%
Potassium 348mg10%
Carbohydrates 7g2%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 6g7%
Protein 4g8%
Vitamin A 251IU5%
Vitamin C 5mg6%
Calcium 124mg12%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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