❤️ You’ll Love This Plain Raita Recipe
Super easy to make: Whisk yogurt with spices and add tempering of green chili, curry leaves on top. Quick to make: It takes only 5 minutes. No chopping is required. Simple Recipe: Only 8 ingredients are required to make this plain raita recipe. Perfect for busy weekdays: I do love my cucumber raita, onion tomato raita, mint raita but those require some prep work like chopping the veggies. Vs this plain raita recipe requires no prep work and that is perfect for lazy or busy days.
🧾 Ingredient Notes For Tadka Raita
You’ll need only 8 ingredients and 5 minutes to make this delicious, refreshing plain raita recipe (aka tadka raita).
Plain yogurt: Always use chilled yogurt from the refrigerator to make any raita if serving it right away. You can use homemade or store-bought plain yogurt (aka dahi or curd). Roasted cumin powder: To make it at home, dry roast the cumin seeds until aromatic and they get a nice golden brown color. Let it cool down and grind into a powder using a spice grinder or mortar and pestle. Green chili: I don’t like to bite into the green chilies so I have added slit chilies. So it adds flavor to the tadka raita and you can discard it while eating. If you like to bite into the chilies then you can add finely chopped green chili. Curry leaves: It adds a unique flavor and aroma to the dish. One should not skip it. Ginger: It is optional. I like to add minced ginger in this plain raita.
👩🍳 How To Make Plain Raita With Tadka? (Pics)
- Take yogurt in a bowl and add salt, black salt and roasted cumin powder.
- Beat it using a whisk until yogurt is smooth and spices are mixed well.
- Add red chili powder to the center and keep the bowl aside. DO NOT MIX the chili powder in the yogurt. We are going to add hot tempering on the chili powder.
- Heat the oil in a small tadka pan. Once hot add cumin seeds and let them sizzle a bit.
- Add ginger, green chili and curry leaves. Saute for 40-50 seconds or until the raw smell of ginger goes away.
- Pour this tempering immediately on top of the chili powder.
- Mix it with a spoon and it is ready to serve. If serving later then keep it chilled in the refrigerator.
💭 Expert Tips For Plain Raita
Raita tastes best when served chilled. So always use chilled yogurt from the refrigerator. Or make this plain raita ahead of time and chill for a few hours before serving. Why add tempering on chili powder? When hot oil is poured on the chili powder, it releases its flavor and color. It adds a very slight hint of a smokey taste to the raita. Why not add chili powder in the tempering itself? If added into the hot oil in the tadka pan then it may have chances to get burned. Burnt chili powder doesn’t taste good. Plus, you may start sneezing because of burnt chili powder.
🍽 What To Serve With Tadka Raita?
Serve this plain raita as a side dish with your rice dishes e.g. veg pulao, paneer biryani, tawa pulao, methi rice, etc. It can be served with any stuffed paratha, thepla, etc. It can be served along with your Indian meal that consists of dal, rice, sabzi, roti.
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