Aloo Raita Recipe (Potato Raita Recipe)
Aloo raita for vrats recipe with two methods: 1. Plain and simple method. 2. Raita with tadka
Ingredients
First Method : Plain and Simple Raita
- 2 boiled potatoes roughly mashed with hands
- 1 cup whisked curd
- 2 finely chopped green chilies
- Half teaspoon roasted and crushed cumin seed
- finely chopped coriander leaves
- half teaspoon black pepper powder
- Rock salt (sendha namak) according to your taste
Second Method : With Tadka (Optional)
- 1 teaspoon cooking oil or desi ghee
- 1 teaspoon cumin seed
- 6-7 curry leaves
Instructions
First Method : Plain and Simple Raita
- Put 1 cup whisked curd in a bowl and add 2 boiled mashed potatoes in it.
- Add rock salt (sendha namak) in it and mix it.
- Add black pepper powder.
- Add finely chopped green chillies in it.
- Mix all ingredients and garnish it with chopped coriander leaves.
Second Method : With Tadka (Optional)
- Add 1 teaspoon oil in cooking pan and heat it.
- Add half teaspoon cumin seeds and cook it until its colour change to light brown
- Add 2 finely chopped green chillies in it and cook it until it raw flavour vanishes.
- Add 6-7 curry leaves in it and cook for 1 minute.
- Now turn off the gas and let the tadka cool it.
- Put 1 cup whisked curd in a bowl.
- add 2 boiled mashed potatoes in it.
- Add rock salt (sendha namak) on it.
- Now add tadka on top of it.
- Mix all ingredients and garnish it with chopped coriander leaves.
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Notes
- You can increase the quantity of green chilies if you want to increase the spiciness of raita.
- You can add little water in curd with you want thin consistency of curd. Then adjust the salt accordingly.
- Add 1 or 2 teaspoon chaat masala on top of it.
- Add red chilly powder according to your taste.
- Use regular salt on it. Do not use rock salt (sendha namak) on it.
- You can also add little bit of kala namak on it for good taste.
- Add all these in the steps mentioned in first method of making raita.
