This onion tomato raita is one of the easiest side dishes that pairs well with pulao, biryani, paratha or any Indian meal. You’ll need 8 ingredients and 10 minutes.
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❤️About This Recipe
This onion tomato raita is a cooling, refreshing and healthy side dish for your Indian meal.
It is perfect for the summer season as yogurt has a cooling effect on your body.
This raita is the most common verity of raita that is made in Indian households. Because onion and tomato are the two things that are always available in the Indian kitchen. So it’s easy to whip up when you’re out of groceries or other veggies.
🧾Ingredient Notes
You’ll need 8 ingredients only to make this delicious, refreshing onion tomato raita. All the ingredients are simple and easily available in your kitchen.
- Plain yogurt: Use homemade or store-bought plain yogurt (aka dahi or curd in India). Always use chilled and fresh (not sour) yogurt.
- Roasted cumin powder: A must-spice powder for the best tasting raita dish. It adds a unique toasty flavor. Just dry roast some cumin seeds until aromatic and light golden brown, cool down and grind into a powder.
- Black salt: There is no substitute for black salt. If you don’t have it then skip it.
- Green chili: If you don’t like to bite into raw green chili then skip it.
- Herb: Cilantro or mint can be used. Do not skip adding herb, it adds a nice fresh flavor.
- Tomato: If your tomatoes are too pulpy and watery then you can remove the pulpy seed part and use only the firm tomato part.
- Onion: Red onion is the best choice. But white or yellow works too.
👩🍳Step By Step Photo Instructions
1) Take the yogurt in a bowl and whisk it until smooth.
2) Add chopped onion, tomato, green chili and cilantro. Mix well.
3) Add salt, black salt and roasted cumin powder.
4) Again mix well and serve.
💭Expert Tips
- Always start with chilled yogurt as raita tastes best when served chilled.
- This should be served right away or within an hour.
- Storing this raita in the refrigerator is not a good idea. Because of the raw onion, it starts to get a strong smell in your fridge. Also, veggies will leave their water and makes the raita watery and runny.
🍽 Serving Ideas
- Serve with rice dishes e.g. palak rice, paneer biryani, capsicum pulao, veg pulao.
- Serve as a side dish with paratha e.g. aloo paratha, broccoli paratha, methi paratha.
- It can be served along with your Indian meal that consists of dal, rice, roti, sabzi, pickle, etc.
Did you try this onion tomato raita recipe? I’d love to hear about it! Click here to leave a review.
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Onion Tomato Raita
Ingredients
- 1 cup Plain yogurt (dahi or curd)
- ⅓ cup Red onion chopped
- ⅓ cup Tomato chopped
- 1 Green chili chopped finely, OPTIONAL
- 1 tablespoon Cilantro or coriander leaves chopped finely
- Salt to taste
- 1 teaspoon Roasted cumin powder
- ½ teaspoon Black salt (Kala namak)
Instructions
- Take the yogurt in a bowl and whisk it until smooth.
- Add chopped onion, tomato, green chili and cilantro. Mix well.
- Add salt, black salt and roasted cumin powder. Again mix well and serve.
Notes
- Always start with chilled yogurt as raita tastes best when served chilled.
- This should be served right away or within an hour.
- Storing this raita in the refrigerator is not a good idea. Because of the raw onion, it starts to get a strong smell in your fridge. Also, veggies will leave their water and makes the raita watery and runny.
Diana Owens
Dear Kanan,
I live on an small island in Croatia. No body ever heard seen or eaten Indian food. I have lived in London 40 years and first time I have tasted Indian food I felt in love with it. I am retired now and live in my native country.
I buy Indian spices over internet, prepare food, offer it to some people very much hoping they will decline, so there is more for me, alas they taste it and love it. So I always must prepare more and more. I am going to prepare now your Pulao Veg Rice. I have all ingredients and am going to follow so well described by you steps one by one.
And than I will let you know the results.
May I ask do you know one good on line place for good Indian spices including chutneys. Patak's sold in London and Croatia (for me) is no good and I never use it.
I have big house here by the sea side. I am all alone. Come and visit me.
Kanan Patel
Good to hear that you are spreading the awareness about Indian cuisine.
Hope you like the veg pulao, Happy cooking!
I am not aware of any online source for spices. May be try amazon?
Sam
We love it. My baby even eats this with rice.
Kanan Patel
Glad to hear it.