Navaratan Raita

Name: Navaratan Raita
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: South Asia — Muslim traditions
Ingredients: 2 cup plain yogurt; 1 cup buttermilk; 1.5 cup diced mixed vegetables; 1 small tomatoes; 2 small onions; 1 tsp oil; 1 inch fresh ginger; 6 raisins; 6 cashews; salt; 2 tsp fresh cream; oil; 3 large green chilies; 2 tsp fresh cream; 1 tbsp chopped fresh coriander leaves; 0.25 cup pineapple; 0.25 cup apple; 1 pinch red chili powder; 1 pinch cumin powder; 1 pinch garam masala powder

Yogurt, buttermilk and mixed vegetables come together in this South Asian raita, fragrant with ginger and chilli and simmered on the stove. It's finished with chilli, garam masala and cumin powders.

15 min · Serves 6 · Medium

Method

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Time: Prep 5 min · Cook 10 min · 15 min total
Difficulty: medium

1
Boil 2 cups of water in a pot. Cook the diced vegetables with a little bit of salt in them.
2
Remove when the vegetables are fully done. Keep this aside. Saute the onions and tomato in a tsp.
3
Of oil. Mix the plain yogurt with the buttermilk. Keep aside. Ground together the ginger, green chillies, corriander leaves, raisins, cashewnuts, boiled vegetables, pineapple and apple.
4
Keep aside. Now, mix the buttermilk-yogurt mixture with the tomatoes, onion, ground paste, fresh cream and salt.
5
Garnish with chilli, garam masala and cumin powders. Serve chilled.