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Boondi Raita Recipe

Boondi Raita is a side dish made with Curd, spices, and Boondi. Boondi is small fried round balls of gram flour.
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Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Indian
Keyword: Indian Lunch Recipes, recipe for college students, vegetarian side dish
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 0 minutes
Servings: 4 people
Author: Nidhi

Equipment

bowl
Whisk

Ingredients

For Raita

  • 1/2 cup boondi
  • 2 cups thick curd
  • ½ tsp Red chilli powder/ lal mirch
  • ¼ tsp roasted cumin powder/ bhuna jeera powder
  • ¼ tsp mint powder/ pudina powder
  • salt to taste
  • ½ tsp sugar optional
  • water or milk for diluting

For Garnish

  • fresh coriander leaves
  • pomegranate seeds

Instructions

To make Boondi Raita

  • Soak Boondi in ½ cup water for 10 minutes. This will soften the boondi balls.
  • Take curd in a bowl.
  • Whisk the curd.
  • Add water or milk for diluting curd.
  • If curd is sour add milk instead of water for dilution.
  • Add all the spices.
  • Add salt only just before serving the Raita. Otherwise it will turn Raita sour.
  • Gently press the boondi between your palms to remove excess water and add to the raita.
  • Give everything a good mix.
  • Taste and adjust the spices and salt if required.
  • If Raita is sour you can add sugar also. It’s your choice.

For serving

  • You can add chopped fresh coriander leaves and pomegranate seeds to enhance flavour.
  • Serve chilled.
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Notes

  1. If you like crisp Boondi in raita you can skip Soaking them.
    2. Taste the curd. It is always better to know curd’s taste before adding everything else.
    3. If the curd is sour add milk instead of water for dilution.