Tomato Raita / Tomato-Yogurt Dip

Recipe Cooked, Photographed and Written by Praveena

PrepTime:3 min MixTime:1 min Cuisine:Indian

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

Tomato raita / tomato yogurt dip is the easiest of all the raitas I could think of at any moment.Just chop,add and mix…its that easy which is ready in maximum of 2 mins.

This raita / dip can be served with any rice,chips, roti,naan bread too.

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

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Ingredients:

Homemade Thick Curd / Greek Plain Yogurt / Plain Yogurt – 1 cup
Salt – ½ teaspoon
Pepper powder – ½ teaspoon
Tomato – 1 Large
Fresh Coriander – 4 to 5 twigs

Special Ingredients:

Homemade Thick Curd / Greek Yogurt

Step wise pics Procedure for Tomato raita / yogurt dip:

Firstly chop the tomato and coriander into small / tiny pieces.
Chopped Tomato and Fresh Coriander.
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.
Chopped Tomato, Fresh Coriander, Salt & Pepper added to Curd / Yogurt.
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.

Tips:

If you are a vegan , you can use vegan yogurt or curd.
I have used homemade thick curd but greek yogurt if not plain yogurt can also be used.
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 / 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 Spring Onion Pulao / Salad Onion Rice. Just look at this lovely pair 🙂
Tomato Raita served as an accompaniment with Spring Onion Pulao / Pilaf.