Traditional Indian Raita
Traditional Indian Raita is a basic side dish often served at home and in restaurants. Often, it’s served as a cooling counterpart to spicy Indian dishes. My Mom would often offer raita to me when I complained about the heat of a dish when I was younger. The most basic of all raitas just need yogurt and some basic spices but raita can also be dressed up in so, so many ways. I couldn’t begin to tell you all the different ways here! You can do a variety of savory raitas that use onion, spinach, cucumbers, or tomatoes as well as sweet raitas that are garnished with fruit like mangos. Everyone has their go-to – my mom often makes cucumber raita when she hosts dinner parties but she will make spinach raita for me when I come home (it’s my favorite).