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Cucumber Raita Recipe

This Indian yogurt sauce recipe is super easy and a fantastic way to use up garden fresh cucumbers. Cucumber and yoghurt dip tastes wonderful paired with flavoured rice dishes or Indian flatbread. Yogurt with cucumber with its cool and refreshing flavour also tastes great with carrot sticks or with hot spicy dishes.
Prep Time10 minutes
Total Time10 minutes
Course: Dip
Cuisine: Punjabi
Servings: 2
Calories: 23kcal
Author: Shil

Ingredients

  • Cucumber – 1 small
  • Curd – 100 gms
  • Roasted cumin powder – ¼ tsp
  • Salt – ¼ tsp
  • Coriander leaves – 1 tsp
  • Chilli powder – 1/8 tsp

Instructions

  • To make this yogurt and cucumber recipe, wash, peel and grate the cucumber.
  • Take curd in a mixing bowl, and whisk it till smooth.
  • Add salt, red chilli powder and roasted cumin powder and mix well.
  • Blend in grated cucumber and chopped coriander. Combine all the ingredients.
  • Refrigerate grated cucumber raita.
  • Serve chilled kheera raita with parathas or pulao.

Notes

Refrigerate cucumber raita before serving.
You can add a little squeeze of lemon.