Thursday, September 25, 2008

Tomato Raita

Raita can be one good addition to any meal. Raita can be made with raw vegetables / cooked vegetables. Today we will make tomato raita. It is easy to make, colorful, and tastes delicious.

This raita goes well with sambhar, kootu or chappati. You can use whole tomatoes or tomato puree. With the Puree it is a smooth mixture and also it has a good color.




Ingredients
Tomatoes - 2 large / puree - 3 tbsp
Mustard seeds
Curry leaves
Urad dal - 1tsp
Hing
Green chillies - 2
Cilantro (Coriander leaves)
Yogurt - 1 1/2 cup
Oil, turmeric, salt

Method
Take oil in a pan, add mustard seeds. When it splutters add urad dal, when the dal turns brown add hing, curry leaves and green chillies. Now add the tomatoes, salt and turmeric and cook well till all the tomatoes are nicely mashed. Add finely cut cilantro mix well and remove from fire. The tomatoes have to be completely mashed and should look like this.


Cool this mixture and add it to yogurt and mix well. Enjoy the Yummy Raita

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