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palak raita
Palak ka raita is a simple and easy recipe of lightly flavored spinach raita.
Prep Time
20
minutes
mins
Total Time
20
minutes
mins
Course:
Side Dish
Cuisine:
Indian
Servings:
3
Author:
Dassana Amit
Ingredients
1
cup
chopped and tightly packed spinach
(palak)
½
teaspoon
ginger,
finely chopped
¼
teaspoon
carom seeds
(ajwain)
½
teaspoon
cumin
¼
teaspoon
red chili powder
¼
teaspoon
Coriander Powder
1
pinch
turmeric
1
pinch
Garam Masala
¼
teaspoon
saunf powder
(fennel powder) - optional
black pepper powder as required
- optional
4 to5
mint leaves,
1
cup
yogurt
(curd)
2 to 3
teaspoon
oil
rock salt (edible and food grade) or black salt, as required
Instructions
Whisk the yogurt and keep aside.
Heat oil. Add the carom seeds and fry for few seconds.
Add the chopped ginger and fry for some seconds
sauteing palak to make palak raita
Add the chopped spinach (palak).
Add all the spice powders one by one along with salt.
Saute till the spinach stops releasing water.
Lastly add the mint and saute for 1-2 minutes.
making palak raita
Add this mixture to the yogurt.
Sprinkle some pepper. Stir well.
You can refrigerate the raita for a couple of hours before serving.
Serve palak raita as side accompaniments with a dal rice or roti sabzi or biryani or pulao. Raita goes very well with rice based dishes.