Best Cucumber Tomato Raita Recipes

CUCUMBER, MINT, AND TOMATO RAITA

Steps:

• Put yogurt in a bowl and beat lightly with a fork until smooth and creamy.
• Add salt, pepper, cayenne and cumin. Mix well.
• Add remaining ingredients and mix well.

TOMATO & CUCUMBER RAITA

Steps:

• Toast the cumin seeds in a dry frying pan. Grind to a powder using a pestle and mortar. Tip the yogurt into a bowl with the tomato, cucumber and coriander. Season with pepper and gently mix.

POTATO, CUCUMBER AND TOMATO RAITA

Steps:

• Cook potatoes in large pot of boiling salted water until just tender, about 8 minutes. Drain potatoes well. Transfer potatoes to large bowl and cool.
• Heat vegetable oil in heavy medium skillet over high heat. Add chopped onion and stir until beginning to brown, about 4 minutes. Add chopped jalapeño chilies and stir until beginning to soften, about 1 minute. Add mustard seeds and cumin seeds and stir until aromatic, about 30 seconds. Immediately pour onion mixture over potatoes and stir to coat. Mix in low-fat yogurt, cucumber and tomatoes. Season raita to taste with salt and pepper. Cover tightly and refrigerate until well chilled, at least 2 hours. (Raita can be prepared up to 6 hours ahead. Keep refrigerate.) Garnish raita with fresh cilantro leaves and serve.

TOMATO, ONION & CUCUMBER RAITA

Steps:

• Stir together the tomato, red onion, cucumber, coriander, cumin seeds, plain yogurt, and a large pinch of sugar. Season to taste, adding more sugar if it is particularly sour.

CUCUMBER-TOMATO RAITA

Steps:

• Strain yoghurt of excess water for approximately 1 hour.
• Peel and deseed cucumber.
• Salt the cucumber and leave aside for 15 minutes.
• Drain excess water and dice finely.
• Deseed tomato and dice finely.
• Finely dice onions or, optionally, crush garlic cloves.
• Mix all of the above with the yoghurt.
• Roast cumin seeds until brown and add to the raita.
• Serve chilled, preferably leave in the fridge for a couple of hours for the ingredients to blend.

GRILLED LAMB LOIN WITH TOMATO AND CUCUMBER RAITA AND ISRAELI COUSCOUS

Steps:

• Strip leaves from stems of rosemary and thyme, then chop coarsely. Smash garlic cloves, then chop coarsely. Pulse herbs, garlic and 1/2 teaspoon oil in a food processor until smooth. Place lamb in a 13" x 9" glass baking dish; rub with garlic mixture; cover; refrigerate 1 hour. Remove from fridge and let sit at room temperature 30 minutes before grilling. Cook couscous as directed on package; transfer to a bowl. Toss with 2 teaspoon oil, cherry tomatoes and basil. Season with salt and pepper; set aside. Make raita: Heat oven to 375°F. Toss tomato slices with remaining 2 tablespoons oil and spread on a baking sheet; roast until tomatoes brown in spots, about 30 minutes. Grind cumin seeds to a fine powder in a coffee grinder or spice mill. Puree roasted tomato in a blender with cumin, yogurt, cucumber and sugar until smooth. Stir in mint. Season with salt and pepper. Transfer to bowl and refrigerate until ready to eat. Heat grill to medium-high heat (about 375°F). Grill lamb, about 2 minutes per side for medium. Remove from grill and let rest 10 minutes; cut into 1-inch-thick slices. Divide couscous and lamb among 4 plates. Serve with 1 tablespoon raita per plate.

TOMATO-ONION-CUCUMBER RAITA

Steps:

• whisk yogurt with salt. Add all other ingredients except cumin powder
• Garnish with roasted cumin powder and serve.
• [Note: this raita should be prepared just before eating as otherwise cucumber and salt will give out water.]