Makhana Raita
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Makhana Raita
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Makhana raita is a healthy raita made with phool makhana, yogurt, spices and coriander leaves.
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Ingredients
- 1 cup fresh chilled yogurt (curd)
- ⅔ cup makhana (phool makhana or fox nut or eurayle ferox)
- ¼ teaspoon red chili powder
- ½ teaspoon roasted cumin powder
- 1 pinch garam masala
- 2 tablespoon chopped coriander leaves
- black salt or rock salt or regular salt as required
Instructions
preparation
- Heat a small frying pan or kadai/wok and add 2/3 cup phool makhana in it.
- On a low flame dry roast the phool makhana till they become crunchy and crisp. Stir at intervals while roasting. Take them in a plate and allow to cool.
- Then coarsely crush them with a rolling pin in a zip lock bag or in a mixer or dry grinder.
making makhana raita
- Whisk 1 cup fresh chilled curd (yogurt) in a bowl.
- Spice the curd with 1/4 tsp red chili powder, 1/2 tsp roasted cumin powder & a pinch of garam masala powder. Season also with black salt. Stir very well.
- Then add the coarsely crushed phool makhana in the spiced curd.
- Add 2 tbsp chopped coriander leaves.
- Stir and serve phool makhana raita immediately. If you chill the raita further, it thickens slightly. So you can add some water to thin the raita.
Notes
- The recipe can be easily scaled to make a bigger or smaller batch.
- You can adjust the quantity of spices as per your taste.
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