Niloufer Ichaporia King

Banana Raita

Kera Nu Raitu

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4 to 6

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    • Difficulty

      Easy

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By Niloufer Ichaporia King

Published 2007

  • About

This was my mother’s favorite raita. The combination of bananas and mustard sounds odd, but it really works. This is a small-spoon raita for pulaos and biryanis.

Ingredients

  • 1 to 2 teaspoons Colman’s dry mustard
  • 1 cup plain yogurt
  • 1 to 2 firm

Method

  • Starting with 1 teaspoon, whisk Colman’s powdered mustard into the yogurt until you get that wasabi feeling in the back of your head. The yogurt will taste a bit bitter. Don’t worry; just let it sit for 2 hours or so. Close to serving time, slice the bananas into the yogurt-mustard