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Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Purple Raita


There are some sides that are colorful, nutritious, flavorful and take just minutes to put together. This dish definitely falls under that category. ‘Raita’ is a popular accompaniment to an Indian meal and this yogurt based dip brings a very refreshing taste on the dining table.

There really isn’t much to list in terms of ingredients or cooking method. Beat 1 cup of yogurt and add ¼ cup of water to it. Add and mix half a cup of grated purple cabbage, salt, pepper and chat masala to the yogurt. Chill and serve!

Serving suggestions
·         With Biryani/Pulav/Rice/Paratha or as a dip.

Tips
·         You can add grated carrot to make the dish more colorful.
·         Green cabbage can be used in place of purple cabbage.
·         Small pieces of green chili can be added to get a little zing !

Interesting fact
Red cabbage juice (which is popularly known as purple cabbage) contains anthocyanin and can be used as a pH indicator (determination of acidity content).

11 comments:

  1. Wow! That almost looks like blueberry yogurt :) This is a nice way to use purple cabbage - am in a family of cabbage haters - so we play it safe with crispy subzis or Indian-Chinese stir fry

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  2. Delicious way of using cabbage...Lovely color for raitha..

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  3. Super pleasing color and interesting raita !!

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  4. Wow Looks great!
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  6. Very catchy and eye pleasing raita.

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  7. That looks delicious. A sure attraction for the little ones..

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