Friday 6 May 2011

Fruit and Nut Raita

Raitas are always served to cool the effect of hot curries or spicy Biryani. And as we all know that the cucumber and mint raita or raita with nicely cubed raw vegetable are best combinatins and and the most common raitas.But have you ever had a fruit and nut version of it? If no...then you should try this one.It has a distinctive flavour with a little bit of sweetness and and with nice flavour from the roasted cumins.

FRUIT AND NUT RAITA

Ingredients:
2 cups plain yougurt,
100 grams green seedless grapes,
2 firm bananas,
1/2 cup shelled walnuts,
1 tsp granulated sugar,
salt to taste,
1 tsp freshly ground cumin seeds and
1/4 tsp red chilli powder to garninsh.

Method:
Place the yogurt/curd in a bowl and add the grapes and wlnuts. Slice bananas directly into the bowl and fold in gently before the bananas turn brown.

Add the sugar, salt, ground cumin and gently mix together. Chill and just before serving , sprinkle the chilli powder and garnish with few extra grapes and walnuts.

15 comments:

Indian Khana said...

Looks so gud n refreshing ..perfect for this summer

Nithya said...

Lovely idea :) Should definitely be tasty and rich :)

Prathima Rao said...

Looks refrshing...Loved the addition of bananas, i love it any dish!!
Prathima Rao
Prats Corner

JishasKitchen said...

tempting and delicious raita...nice clicks too..:)

Nisha said...

Perfect for summer

chef and her kitchen said...

lovely refreshing raita....looks yumm

Rumana Rawat said...

Lovely raita:)

Raji said...

Wonderful raita..I really liked the fruits and nuts combination...sweet along with the sourness of curd will make this delicious.

Sneha Benny said...

Lovely Raita !!! Nice combination of fruits and nuts.

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Dolly Sharma said...

Faiza, thats one yummylicious and healthy Raita. Never thought of adding nuts to my Raita..but now on I will.

Humaira said...

Hi Faiza, How are u, long time...the raita looks delicious and healty. will try sometime

Shobha said...

Nice and cool !

Rinku Naveen said...

That's a good idea..so healthy and refreshing!

Eddel29 said...

thanks for sharing this blog. really great!!

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