Aloo Raita
Simple and easy aloo raita made with boiled potatoes, yogurt, herbs and spices. This potato raita goes very well with pulao and biryani dishes and also other rice based dishes.
Servings: 3
Calories: 78kcal
Ingredients
- 1 cup Curd (yogurt) or 250 grams curd
- 2 medium or 1 large potato or ⅔ to ¾ cup chopped boiled potatoes or 125 to 150 grams potato
- ½ teaspoon roasted cumin powder
- ¼ teaspoon red chili powder or as required
- ¼ to ½ teaspoon chaat masala, add as required
- 1 tablespoon chopped coriander leaves (cilantro)
- ½ tablespoon chopped mint leaves or 4 to 5 mint leaves - chopped
- salt as required
Instructions
- Firstly boil 2 medium or 1 large potato in pressure cooker or steamer or electric cooker adding water as required.
- Later drain all the water and let the potatoes become warm. Then peel and chop the potatoes.
- In a bowl, whisk 1 cup fresh curd till smooth and keep aside.
- Add the chopped potatoes.
- Then add the dry spices - roasted cumin powder, red chili powder and chaat masala powder. Also add salt as required. You can also use black salt.
- Stir and mix very well.
- Then add chopped coriander leaves and chopped mint leaves.
- Stir again and serve aloo raita with a veg pulao or any flavored indian rice dish like cumin rice or saffron rice or biryani rice. If not serving immediately, then refrigerate the potato raita and serve it chilled. Finish the raita on the same day.
- Garnish with coriander or mint sprigs while serving. You can also sprinkle some boondi or sev while serving the raita.
Notes
- Instead of red chili powder you can use chopped green chili.
- For vegan potato raita you can use cashew yogurt or almond yogurt or any plant-based yogurt.
- The recipe can be scaled as per your needs.
- Instead of using boiled potatoes, you can also pan-fry the potatoes.
- The amount of spices can be adjusted as per your needs.
- If you prefer then you can add some sugar to it.
- Substitutes:
Chaat masala - dry pomegranate seeds powder or dry mango powder/amchur.
Red chili powder - cayenne pepper or green chilies
Potato - sweet potato
Nutrition
Calories: 78kcal | Carbohydrates: 9g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 10mg | Sodium: 821mg | Potassium: 301mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 165IU | Vitamin C: 5.2mg | Calcium: 113mg | Iron: 1.6mg
