Carrot raita recipe – Easy and quick to make raita recipe made from yogurt, grated carrot and few spices. It goes perfect with pulao, biryani or on side with paratha.
Yogurt based dishes like raita, kadhi or beverages like chaas, lassi are usually made during the summer season. Because yogurt is cooling to you body.
But in my family, these all appear all year around whether winter or summer. I always have 2 containers of dahi in the fridge.
Spices used in this carrot raita recipe are usual that are used in almost every raita e.g. black salt, roasted cumin powder and chili powder. So the flavors are expected ones.
But addition of roasted, crushed peanuts give some texture and crunch to the raita. So it is best to mix in right before serving to retain its crunch.
Carrot is one of the healthy vegetables that you should include in your diet. But when it in raw form, it is more beneficial. Here raw grated carrot is used.
Check out other raita recipes
Cucumber raita // Bhindi raita // Palak raita // Boondi raita
How to make carrot raita recipe (Step by Step Photos):
1) Take yogurt in a bowl. Add salt, black salt, roasted cumin powder and red chili powder.
2) Beat the yogurt till it is smooth and spices are mixed.
3) Add grated carrot, coriander leaves and green chili.
4) Mix well. Keep this in the refrigerator till the time of serving.
5) Take peanuts in a pan on medium heat. Roast them with stirring frequently till they are slightly golden brown and toasted.
6) Remove it from the pan and let it cool. Once cooled, coarsely grind using mortar and pestle or use grinder.
7) Right before serving, add crushed peanuts to raita.
8) Mix and serve. Keep in mind that add crushed peanuts at the time of serving, otherwise peanuts will get soggy.
Serving suggestion: Serve as a side with pulao, rice. It can be served with thepla or paratha. I have served with cabbage paratha.
Carrot raita recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup Plain yogurt (dahi or curd)
- Salt to taste
- 1 teaspoon Roasted cumin powder
- ½ teaspoon Black salt (Kala namak)
- ½ teaspoon Red chili powder
- ½ cup Carrot grated
- 1 Green chili chopped finely
- 1 tablespoon Cilantro or coriander leaves finely chopped
- 2 tablespoons Peanuts roasted and roughly crushed
Instructions
Making carrot raita recipe:
- Take yogurt in a bowl.
- Add salt, black salt, roasted cumin powder and red chili powder.
- Beat the yogurt till it is smooth and spices are mixed.
- Add grated carrot, coriander leaves and green chili. Mix well.
- Keep this in the refrigerator till the time of serving.
- Take peanuts in a pan on medium heat. Roast them with stirring frequently till they are slightly golden brown and toasted.
- Remove it from the pan and let it cool.
- Once cooled, coarsely grind using mortar and pestle or use grinder.
- Right before serving, add crushed peanuts to raita. Mix and serve
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