Bathua raita is a winter-special side dish in India. This is a popular green leafy vegetable on northern part of India.
Bathua is a leafy vegetable and generally available abundantly during winter season only. These are known as pigweed, lamb's quarters, meldem, goosefoot. This is extensively cultivated and consumed in North India. You can use bathua in many dishes like bathua paratha, bathua bhaji, bathua poori, bathua raita, bathua dal, bathua curry etc. All recipes are equally easy to make.
What is raita?
Raita is one of the staple Indian condiments made with whisked curd. We can mix other vegetables or fruits to twist it, adding different flavors to the dish. Salt and other spices enhance the flavor of curd. Cumin seeds and asafoetida plays significant role in these raita.
How to make Bathua Raita?
The best thing about making raita is that they are very easy to make and take less than 10 minutes. Follow the steps below to make this raita.
1. So the first thing to do is clean and wash them thoroughly for 3 - 5 times.
2. Blanch it in a pot for 3 - 4 minutes.
3. Remove from hot water, and wash it in cold water.
4. Transfer the content to a blending jar. Add two cloves of garlic and green chili (optional)
5. Blend it to puree.
6. Add hung curd or thick curd and whisk for 5 seconds.
7. Bathua Raita is ready
8. Season it with salt, dry roasted cumin seed (crushed roughly). Use black salt
Well to make butter milk or chaas, add 1 cup water. Adjust salt and cumin seeds.
Bathua Raita Recipe
Equipment
- Saucepan
Ingredients
- 1 bunch bathua leaves
- 1 cup hung curd greek yogurt
- 1 tsp cumin seeds roasted and crushed
- ยฝ tsp rock salt
- ยฝ tsp asafoetida (hing)
- ยฝ - ยพ cup water to dilute
Instructions
- Clean and wash leaves thoroughly.
- Boil them for 3 minutes till they are soft.
- Strain out with help of a strainer or colander.
- Transfer to a blender. Add garlic and green chilli.
- blend to a paste or just use a mortal and pastel and make coarse paste.
- Add curd and whisk once.
- Heat a tawa or pan, dry roast cumin seeds, hing, rock salt till cumin seeds are fragrant and crackled.
- Remove from heat and crush it roughly.
- Season prepared raita with this coarse crushed cumin seeds powder mix. Mix well.
- To make chaas or butter milk add 1 cup water and mix well. Adjust seasoning.
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