Kakdi ka raita/cucumber salad with yoghurt/ How to make Cucumber Raita

Raita’s have a special place in any Indian meal.Raita’s are basically vegetables or fruits with yoghurt n with some tempering on them.Raita helps in digestion also.Raita has being my all time favourite, I can have them with rotis and if you eat them puris its just yum,do give it a try once.Without saying much let’s get tge recipe…

Ingredients

• 1 cup yoghurt
• 1 cucumber peeled and cut into cubes
• 2 tablespoon fresh coconut grated
• 1/2 tablespoon ginger
• 2 green chillies
• 1/2 tablespoon mustard seeds
• 3 to 4 curry leaves
• Oil for tempering
• Salt as per taste

Method

• Take chopped cucumber in a bowl add salt and leave it for 10 minutes
• Once cucumber has left water,discard them
• Take a grinder add coconut, ginger and green chillies and grind into fine paste
• Mix this paste with cucumber
• Add Salt

Tempering

• Heat oil in small pan,add in mustard seeds let them crackle add green chillies and curry leaves
• Pour this tempering on the cucumber mixture
• Your kakdi raita is ready to be served