Raitais an Indian delicacy made with simple yogurt, which goes well with spicy Biriyani,pulao and paratha. It is very simple and has so many variations. It takes only10 to 15 minutes to make any variation of Raita, not like Tzatziki which ismade from thick yogurt and cucumber is used mostly. Raita is almost likePhachadi, which is a dish from South India, which is also yogurt base butsometimes it can be coconut base also with cooked vegetables
Take one kg simple yogurt , whisk it to make a creamy texture and divide in 3 parts.
Now take bathua , cleanand wash it.Heat water in a pan and put half of the bathua to boil for 5minutes with covering the lid(chop the left half portion of bathua for adding in bathua raita)
Let it cool at room temperature and strain it
Take a blender and add two tbsp of yogurt with boiled bathua and grind it, add it to the bathua raita
Now the same way take basil leaves and wash it
Take half of the basils and two tbsp of yogurt, then blendit (here no need to boil) (chop the left half portion of basil for adding in basilraita) and add it to basil raita
Same way take mint and wash it
Like bathua and basil, blend half of the mint with yogurt (chop the left half portion of mint for adding in mint raita) and add it to mintraita
Now add roasted cumin powder, chilli flakes, salt and sugarin all three raita bowls
Now take a tadka pan for tempering. Heat oil in it, and thenadd cumin.
As they splutter and sizzle add tothe raita, do it for three times for three variations.