Raita With Lots Of Spices

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 cups yogurt, thinned with
• 1/2 cup water
• 2 tablespoons oil
• 1 teaspoon split urad dal
• 1 teaspoon black mustard seeds
• 1 teaspoon channa dal
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin seed
• 1 dried red chili, broken into 3-4 pieces
• 1/8 teaspoon hing
• 8 curry leaves
• vegetables, as desired (see above description)
• salt
• chopped fresh cilantro

Recipe

• 1 in a serving bowl put the yogurt and water and stir until smooth.
• 2 in a small saucepan put the oil, urad dal, mustard seeds, chana dal, cumin seeds and dried red chili pieces.
• 3 heat over high heat until the mustard seeds have started popping and the dals are light brown.
• 4 remove from heat and quickly stir in the hing and curry leaves.
• 5 add the spices to the yogurt and stir until well mixed.
• 6 stir in your desired vegetables, salt and cilantro.
• 7 let flavors marry in the fridge until serving time.
• 8 this will also allow time for the dals to soften up a bit.
• 9 if you are making this with boondi, add the boondi right before serving so that it will be crisp.