Potato Cucumber And Tomato Raita Recipes

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.

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.

POTATO CURRY WITH LIME & CUCUMBER RAITA

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large pan and fry the mustard seeds, chillies and curry leaves until the seeds start to pop. Add the onions and fry until softened and starting to brown. stir in the spices, add the tomatoes and fry for 5 mins. Add the potatoes and stir to coat. Pour in the coconut milk with 200ml water. Bring to the boil and simmer for 20-25 mins, stirring occasionally, until the potatoes are just tender.
• To make the raita, mix all the ingredients together with some seasoning.
• If the curry looks a little too saucy, scoop out the potatoes with a slotted spoon into another dish, then boil the sauce until reduced a little. stir the potatoes back in to heat through, and season well (this curry needs a good sprinkling of salt). serve with warmed Indian bread and a dollop of raita.