Cucumber Raita

Name: Cucumber Raita (Kakri Nu Raitu)
Yield: Serves 4 to 6.
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: Salt; 2 cups plain yogurt, lightly whisked; Cayenne pepper or Indian chilly powder and pounded toasted cumin seeds, for garnish (optional); ½ cup chopped fresh coriander (cilantro) stems and leaves (optional); 1 large cucumber (about 1 pound); ½ sweet red onion, finely chopped (optional); 1 to 2 green chiles, finely chopped (optional); ½ cup shredded mint leaves (optional)

Kakri Nu Raitu

Preparation info

Serves
4 to 6
.

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

My Bombay Kitchen

By Niloufer Ichaporia King

Published 2007

About

Cucumber raita needs no introduction. Is there anyone who doesn’t love it?

Ingredients

1 large cucumber (about 1 pound)
Salt
2 cups plain yo

Asia
India
Side dish

Method

Peel and seed the cucumber. Grate or slice it and sprinkle it with salt. Let it sit for half an hour before tipping it into a colander or strainer and pressing all the water out. Taste a piece of cucumber. If it’s unbearably salty, give the cucumber a quick rinse and press out all the water again. Stir the cucumber into the yogurt. Now is the time to add onion and chiles, if