Cucumber Raita

This is a very soothing dish which always accompanies a fried item like puris and it is very easy to prepare.

Ingredients:

- 1 medium sized Cucumber

- 3 cups yoghurt

- Salt to taste

- 1/3 tsp black salt

- ½ tsp red chilli powder

- ½ tsp roasted cumin powder

- 1/3 tsp black pepper powder

Instruction

- Wash and grate the cucumber, squeeze out excess water.

- Beat the yoghurt, add salt , black salt and pepper powder and mix in the grated cucumber.

- Add the red chilli powder and roasted cumin powder. You can add these in a design, refrigerate and take out at the time of serving.

- You can make raita with other ingredients like beet root too.