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Raita is a side dish and condiment in Indian cuisine made of dahi (yogurt or "curd") together with raw or cooked vegetables, fruit, or pulses. The yogurt may be seasoned with herbs and spices such as coriander, roasted cumin seeds, mint, and cayenne pepper.

Key facts

Food.name
Raita
Food.image
Cucumber-raita.jpg
Food.caption
Cucumber raita
Food.region
Indian subcontinent with regional variations
Food.associated_cuisine
Indian, Bangladeshi, Pakistani, Nepali
Food.course
Condiment
Food.served
Cold
Food.main_ingredient
Dahi (yogurt), buttermilk, cucumber, mint
Food.variations
Dahi chutney, Pachadi
Food.calories
46

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Raita is a side dish and condiment in Indian cuisine made of dahi (yogurt or "curd") together with raw or cooked vegetables, fruit, or pulses. The yogurt may be seasoned with herbs and spices such as coriander, roasted cumin seeds, mint, and cayenne pepper.

Raita is served alongside many Indian dishes such as pulao rice, and as a mild cooling accompaniment to spicy curries.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “raita” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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