Bathua Ka Raita

Name: Bathua Ka Raita
Total time: 600 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 250 gm Bathua; 4 pods Garlic; 2 cups Curd; 1 tsp Cooking Oil; 1 tsp Cumin seeds; 1/8 tsp Asafoetida; 1/4 tsp Black salt; 1/4 tsp Black pepper powder; as required Salt to taste; 1/4 tsp Red chilli powder

Aruna Thapar @Arunathapar27

New Delhi

#Dec #Wk3
Bathua Raita is a healthy and refreshing recipe made from Bathua (Chenopodium Leaves) and Curd, tempered with mild spices. It is a light & delicious curd recipe combined with the health benefits of Bathua.

Aruna Thapar @Arunathapar27

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Ingredients

10 minutes

4 servings

250 gmBathua
4 podsGarlic
2 cupsCurd
1 tspCooking Oil
1 tspCumin seeds
1/8 tspAsafoetida
1/4 tspBlack salt
1/4 tspBlack pepper powder
as requiredSalt to taste
1/4 tspRed chilli powder

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Steps

10 minutes

1

Clean, wash and Chop bathua leaves. Transfer it in a pressure cooker. Add chopped garlic pods and pressure cook till 2 whistles. Switch off the flame and let pressure releases automatically. Let it cool.
2

Transfer it in a mixer and grind to a fine paste. Remove it in a bowl.
3

Add curd in a mixing bowl and whisk it thorougly amd make it smooth.
4

Add 3 tb spoon bathua padte in curd. Add salt, black salt and pepper.
5

Mix and whisk it again.
6

Now heat oil in a wok. Add cumin seeds and when cumin seeds splutter add asafoetida and red chilli powder and saute for 30 seconds. Switch off the flame. Transfer this tempering in bathua raita and mix.
7

Serve chilled with paratha.