Spinach/Palak Raita

Raita is a very traditional condiment in any Indian meal. Typical Indian meal consists of a vegetable curry, dal, roti, rice and raita. Raita is typically made with yogurt and some kind of raw or cooked vegetable like cucumber, carrot, cabbage, spinach, beets and many more, possibilites are endless 😃.

There was some spinach left over in fridge and thought I should use it up before it goes bad so made this raita. It actually tasted pretty good, hope you all will like it!

Ingredients

2 cup tightly packed chopped spinach

1 cup Yogurt

1/2 tsp sugar

1/4 tsp red chili powder

1/4 tsp cumin powder

Salt as per taste

1 tsp oil

For Tempering

1 tsp oil

1/4 tsp mustard seeds

1/4 tsp cumin

Pinch of asafoetida

1 red dried chili

Method

Heat oil in a pan on medium heat. Add chopped spinach and saute just until wilted, keep aside and let it cool.

Whisk yogurt until smooth and add sauteed spinach. Add all the spices, red chili powder, cumin powder, sugar and salt. Mix and keep aside.

For tempering, heat oil once hot add mustard and cumin seeds followed by asafoetida and red chili. Shut the gas off and add this tempering to the prepared raita. Mix and enjoy it with roti, parathas or rice!

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