Bathua Raita Recipe | How to make Bathua Raita
 
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Bathua Raita Recipe is a fantastic condiment, a delicious variety of raita made with leafy greens. Any raita can't be simpler than this bathua raita recipe. It's just boil and blend recipe, that's it.
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Recipe type: Condiments/Raita
Cuisine: Indian
Serves: 2
Ingredients
  • Ingredients
  • 1 Bunch Bathua Leaves
  • 1 Cup Curd
  • Salt to taste
  • ½ Teaspoon Bhuna Jeera/Roasted Cumin Powder
  • For tempering :
  • Ghee 1 tsp
  • 1 tsp cumin
  • ½ tsp Red Chilli Powder
  • 1 pinch of asafoetida/hing
  • Instructions
Instructions
  1. Clean bathua by plucking it's leaves by separating the stems. Discard the stems.
  2. Wash the bathua leaves as it may carry some dirt.
  3. Wash it twice under the running water.
  4. Put this in colander so that the water drips away from leaves. Now heat water in a wide pan. Put the cleaned bathua leaves in boiling water.
  5. Let it simmer for around 10 minutes.
  6. Then turn off the flame. Drain the water and keep aside to cool.
  7. Once it is turned cold, add green chilies and grind it in the mixer jar to make a paste.
  8. Meanwhile beat the curds and mix bathua leaves paste into it. Add salt to taste.
  9. To make tempering, heat pure ghee in a small pan. Add some cumin. Once it splutters, add red chilli powder and a pinch of asafoetida.
  10. Pour this tempering/tadka on bathua raita.
  11. Keep this in fridge for sometime to chill.
  12. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve.
Recipe by at https://yummytalesoftummy.com/bathua-raita-recipe/