Cucumber Raita is a cool creamy side dish made by cubing the cucumber and blending it with thick curd & spices. Cucumber Raita is a healthy, no cooking accompaniment for spicy rice meal like Biryani and flatbreads like roti & chapati too. Cucumber Raita recipe I published in this post with step by step pictures.
Its really astounding that I havent posted much of raita recipes….So here I start with a very simple cucumber raita which can be put together in just 10mins which serves as a great side dish for biryani , pulao or even rotis.
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Cucumber Raita
Ingredients
- 1 cup curd
- 3 small cucumber
- 1/4 teaspoon cumin powder
- 1/4 teaspoon red chilli powder
- 2 teaspoon coriander leaves chopped
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Rinse cucumber in water, peel of the skin using a peeler and trim the edges.
- Then chop them into small bite sized pieces or just grate them finely, set aside.
- In a mixing bowl whisk the curd well.
- Then add cumin powder, red chilli powder , required salt then chopped cucumber and coriander leaves. Mix well.
- Serve Cucumber Raita with biryani / even rotis!
Notes
- You can even grate the cucumber instead of chopping. But I personally prefer the chunky pieces as its nice crunchy 🙂
- You can add pepper powder instead of red chilli powder too.
- Always whisk the curd well before mixing the ingredients for any type of raita.
- Use thick curd(yogurt) for raita.
- You can even roast cumin seeds before powdering to give more flavour to your raita. If you prefer garnish with cumin powder while serving.
Cucumber Raita Recipe
- Rinse cucumber in water,peel of the skin using a peeler and trim the edges. Then chop them into small bite sized pieces or just grate them finely, set aside. In a mixing bowl whisk the curd well.
- Then add cumin powder, red chilli powder , required salt then chopped cucumber and coriander leaves. Mix well.
Serve with biryani / even rotis!
Expert Tips
- You can even grate the cucumber instead of chopping.But I personally prefer the chunky pieces as its nice crunchy.
- You can add pepper powder instead of red chilli powder too.
- Always whisk the curd well before mixing the ingredients for any type of raita.
- Use thick curd(yogurt) for raita.You can even roast cumin seeds before powdering to give more flavour to your raita.If you prefer garnish with cumin powder while serving.
RENU
it s looking tasty.
Aarthi
This looks amazing..Use grated cucumber next time, that will make it even more tasty
Hamaree Rasoi
Delicious and comforting raita. Thanks for the post Sharmilee.
Deepa
Sangeetha
one of mt fav raita for masala parathas n biryani…loved ur BG n clicks…nice one Sharmi!
APARNARAJESHKUMAR
i would suggest before u cut the entire cucumber just taste a bit some times there is a bitter taste in the cucumber so generally i avoid that 🙂 instead of mixing and spoiling everything
I love the base and color combo wow awesome !
SANDHYA KHATTRI
Simple & easy recipe with step by step instructions. Thanks for this post.
Gauri
Simple and tasty.. perfect for the hot summer days
Veena Theagarajan
healthy and comforting raita
Jeyashrisuresh
Simple and yummy post, beautiful clicks , love the background too
Gayathri Ramanan
cool and comforting raita..love the clicks
Suja Md
cucumber raitha with the perfect backdrop…looks pretty!!
sindhu chandran
Simple and tasty, Beautiful Color combinations in the photos
Vaishnavi
Ash guard raitA U have posted b4
RAKS KITCHEN
Looks so comforting. Wonderful presentation
Priya Yallapantula
Beautiful, simple and delicious. Please do send it to my event (after reading the rules) 🙂
Srimani G. Venkataraman
try grating apple (skin less) and adding to raita. You'll fall in love with it.
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white pumpking grated – even more delicious.
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nicee