Pomegranate raita recipe - mix of sweet and savory flavors in this raita. Made with fresh pomegranate arils, cucumber, yogurt and spiced with black pepper and roasted cumin powder.
This raita is one of my favorite raitas. It is so colorful and it looks so beautiful when you garnish it with pomegranate seeds and chopped coriander leaves. These red and green colors are really eye catching. And not to forget that it taste very good too.
It is best recipe when you are having party or guests. As I mentioned this looks beautiful and perfect center piece on dinner table. And your guests will love it and you will also get appreciations, right?
It has sweet taste with little spicy taste from green chili and spice powders. I recommend using chilled yogurt whenever you make raita. I have added some onions and cucumber also in pomegranate raita. It gives really a unique taste to the raita. If you use only pomegranate seeds then it will taste too sweet like a dessert. So please add cucumber too. But of course, if you like sweet flavored raita than savory one. Go ahead and skip the onion and cucumber.
Check out other fruit based raita recipes
Pineapple raita // Mango raita // Banana raita // Mango mint raita
How to make pomegranate raita recipe (Step by Step Photos):
1) Take yogurt in a bowl. Whisk it till smooth.
2) Add onions, cucumber, pomegranate seeds, green chilies and cilantro. Save some cilantro and pomegranate seeds for garnishing.
3) Mix it very well.
4) Add chaat masala, black pepper, roasted cumin powder and salt.
5) Mix it well. Keep in the refrigerator for at least half hour before serving. Because it tastes best when served chilled.
6) Garnish it with some pomegranate seeds and chopped coriander leaves.
Serving suggestions: Serve this raita with spicy biryani or pulao like tawa pulao or spicy veg pulao or veg biryani. Even you can have it as side on your meal (especially when you have spicy curry in your meal.).
Pomegranate raita recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup Plain yogurt (dahi or curd)
- 1 tablespoon Red onion chopped very finely, optional
- ⅓ cup Cucumber peeled, seeds removed and chopped finely
- ⅓ cup Pomegranate arils
- 1 small Green chili chopped finely
- 1 tablespoon Cilantro or coriander leaves chopped finely
- 1 teaspoon Chaat masala
- a pinch Black pepper powder
- ½ teaspoon Roasted cumin powder
- Salt to taste
Instructions
Making pomegranate raita recipe:
- Take yogurt in a bowl. Whisk it till smooth.
- Add onions, cucumber, pomegranate seeds, green chilies and cilantro. Save some cilantro and pomegranate seeds for garnishing.
- Mix it very well.
- Add chaat masala, black pepper, roasted cumin powder and salt. Mix it well.
- Keep in the refrigerator for at least half hour before serving.
- Garnish it with some pomegranate seeds and chopped coriander leaves.
this was amazing! we didn't have chaat masala so i used baharat, a spice mix in middle-eastern cooking
Great. Thanks for the feedback Linda
Yummy.. this looks so good.. Offlate my kids love pomegranates so I look for recipes to make with them.. I found this newly launched juice KDD Harvest’s pomegranate juice that they loved so much that I make mocktails with it.. this raita looks really good.. can I use homemade curds for this?
Thank you Geetha. Yes you can use homemade curd or yogurt.
Googled capsicum curry recipie and found your link. Ended up looking more of recipes in your blog and loved every post of yours. Keep upthe good work!
Thanks Sweety. Stay tuned for more recipes.:)
Beautifully captured Pomegranate raita image..very catchy...saw it over recipenewz.
very refreshing raita. do visit me too.
Thanks. Sure I will.