Name: Tomato Raita / Tomato Yogurt Dip (Indian style)
Prep time: 4 min
Total time: 5 min
Ingredients: 1 cup Homemade Thick Curds / Plain Yogurt; ½ teaspoon Salt ((or as per taste)); 1 teaspoon Sugar; 1 count Small Lemon wedge; 1 count Fresh Green Chillies ((small size)); 2 count Ripe Tomato ((small size)); 1 count Red Onion ((small size)); 4-5 twigs Fresh Coriander / Cilantro Leaves; ¼ teaspoon Ground Cumin / Jeera Powder

Recipe Cooked, Photographed and Written by Praveena

PrepTime:4 min MixTime:1 min Cuisine:Indian

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Raita, is an Indian version of yogurt based dip. It can be made with many variations by adding different veggies & spices either raw or cooked.

Tomato raita / Indian style, tomato yogurt dip is the easiest of all the raitas I could think of at any moment. Just, add and mix…its that easy which is ready in maximum of 5 mins.

It is actually a chop, mix & make, NO COOK, yogurt based Indian style dip / side dish recipe.

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How to serve, ‘Tomato Raita / Yogurt based Tomato Dip (Indian style)’:

Tomato Onion Raita is generally served with Indian style rice dishes, like these pulao, biryani, below:

But otherwise it can happily be savoured as a dip, with chips, crackers, roti, naan bread too.

It can also be served as an accompaniment / side, in a meal platter having curry, Indian pulao, roti.

I would even use this as a spread for simple sandwiches, and as a filling for tacos. Its a quick fix you see. 🙂

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Before starting to cook please see the Tips mentioned at the end.

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Ingredients:

Homemade Thick Curds / Plain Yogurt – 1 cup
Salt – ½ teaspoon
Sugar – 1 teaspoon
Small Lemon wedge – 1
Fresh Green Chillies – 2
Ripe Tomato – 1 Large
Red Onion – 1 (small size)
Fresh Coriander Leaves – 4 to 5 twigs
Ground Cumin / Jeera Powder – ¼ teaspoon

Special Ingredients:

Sugar
Lemon
Jeera Powder

Step wise pics Procedure for ‘Tomato Raita / Tomato Yogurt Dip (Indian style)’:

Take the curd / yogurt into a serving bowl and beat it well.
Add the chopped tomato and coriander (leave a teaspoon aside for garnishing)
Add the pepper powder and salt required.
Give everything a thorough mix so that the salt and pepper blends well to the curd / yogurt.
Garnish it with the teaspoon of chopped coriander that we left aside.
I even sprinkled a bit of dry red chilly powder.
That’s it the Tomato Raita is ready to serve.

***Gather all the ingredients.*** ***Finely* *Chop the onion, tomato, coriander leaves, green chilly into tiny pieces.* *Take the curd into a mixing bowl, beat it well.***

Now, onto the curd in the mixing bowl, add all these>> sugar, salt, ground cumin/jeera powder, lemon juice, chopped onion, chopped tomato, chopped green chilly, chopped coriander leaves. Optionally, while adding, squeeze few of the chopped tomatoes into puree (just with hands).

Tips:

Adjust the salt & spice as per your taste.
Instead of fresh green chilly you can add any of these>> red chilli powder (or) crushed black peppercorn.
If you are a vegan , you can use vegan yogurt or curd.
I have used homemade thick curd but Greek yogurt can also be used.
Storage: You can store it in the refrigerator and serve chilled.
Storage time is same as that of the curd / yogurt used.

Result:

This, Tomato raita / Tomato Yogurt Dip, can be served with any rice, chips, roti, naan bread too. Or it can be had as it is.
We had this raita paired up with Sesame Rice / Til Chawal / Nuvvula Annam. Just look at this lovely pair 🙂

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