BHINDI RAITA

 Ingredients :

250 gm Bhindi ( Lady finger)
2-3 green chilly finely chopped
3-5 garlic finely chopped
1/2 tsp turmeric
Salt as per taste
1/2 cup curd ( well beaten)
Oil
1 tsp jeera
2-4 curry leaves
Coriander leaves chopped for garnishing

Method :
   

• Cut the bhindi in small round shape then deep fry it and keep aside.
• Heat the pan put 2-3 tsp oil ad jeera, chopped garlic, green chilly and curry leaves saute till it turn brown.
• Add salt, turmeric and fried bhindi in it saute for few minutes.
• Add well beaten curd mix well. Garnish with chopped coriander.
• Serve with chapati.

BOONDI RAITA

Ingredients

• Curd - 200 gms.
• Besan Boondi - 50 gms. (1/2 small bowl)
• Roasted Cumin seeds - 1/2 tea spoon (powdered)
• Green chilli - 1 (chopped)
• Salt - 1/4 tea spoon. 
• Chopped coriander leaves
• Cumin seeds powder 1 tsp

Method

 

• Soak the besan boondi for 5 minutes into the luke warm water and then strain the water with the strainer. 
• Whisk the curd in the mixer and mix boondi into it. Add salt and cumin seeds powder mix well.
• Heat 1 tsp oil in a pan add chopped green chilli and cumin seeds to it. till cumin seeds get brown.
• Mix it very well.

Boondi raita is ready. Sprinkle some red chilli powder to garnish it and serve with food.

TOMATO ONION RAITA

Ingredients

1/2 kg curd
2 onion finely chopped
1 green chiily finely chopped

1 Tomato finely chopped
1 ginger finely chopped
few coriander leaves finely chopped
1 tsp oil for tadka
1/4 mustard seeds 

 1 tsp salt

Method

•   Beat curd.   Add onion, salt, green chilly and coriander leaves.
• Heat oil in a large spoon. Add mustard seeds.   Add it to the raita. Mix well.
• Refrigerate for 1-2 hours before serving.
• Serve the onion raita with pulav or stuffed paratha.