Fijian Raita

Submitted by Artandkitchen

"This dish was originally designed to cool down very hot curries, but then adventurous cooks had the idea to spice it up! Go figure. Serve this as a condiment. Found online and posted for ZWT7"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 10mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 2 cups light sour cream or 2 cups yogurt
• 1 cucumber, grated
• 1 carrot, grated
• 1 red bell pepper, small (optional)
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1 green chile such as serrano peppers or 1 jalapeno, seeds and stem removed, minced
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• salt

directions

1. In a bowl, combine all ingredients and mix well.
2. Allow to sit for an hour to blend the flavors.

Reviews

[UmmBinat]

This is a nice change of raita from the usual of just cucumber and it is pretty! I did tone down the heat for us which worked well using some cayenne pepper powder to taste instead of the fresh pepper. I used Balkan (thick) yogurt, English cucumber with the peel for colour serving it like awalde's photo, no optional red bell pepper, a small garlic clove, sea salt and the cumin powder. Had with an Indian meal. I may make this again. Made for *** RAMADAN RECIPE TAG - 2011 ***

 

[JustJanS]

I made a third of this for the two of us-it was delicious. I would normally make a cucumber or cucumber and tomato raita, so this was a great change of taste and texture. It had just the right amount of heat for us.