Mint Raita- Indian Pudina Raita

mint raita or Indian mint sauce served in a copper bowl

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Mint raita is a delicious & easy to make yogurt based salad or side dish with fresh mint leaves. Raita is a common side dish served with spicy Indian foods like biryani, pulao and also with some snacks like kebabs.

There are many varieties of raita made with various vegetables, fruits and herbs. This pudina raita is super easy to make, it is ready in minutes and tastes absolutely delicious.

In this post I am sharing this easy recipe of mint raita along with some tasty variations. Enjoy!

Prep Time15 mins

Total Time15 mins

Course: Salad

Cuisine: Indian

Keyword: Mint Raita

Servings: servings

Calories: 71kcal

Author: Harini

Ingredients

1 cup mint leaves tightly packed
1 cup yogurt thick, fresh, plain
1/2 teaspoon chaat masala powder
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
3/4 teaspoon rock salt
1 inch ginger peeled
2 green chilies

Instructions

Pick, rinse and wipe off excess moisture from mint leaves using kitchen towel.
Add 1 cup tightly packed mint leaves to a small mixer jar. To that add 1 inch peeled ginger and 2 slit green chilies.
Grind to a smooth paste or coarse paste.
Add 1 cup plain thick yogurt to a medium bowl. Whisk yogurt very well first. Add it to the mint paste. Now add 3/4 teaspoon rock salt, freshly cracked black pepper powder, roasted cumin powder and chaat masala powder.
Blend well again until everything is well combined.
Transfer to a serving bowl. Taste and season raita with salt or pepper as preferred. You can also sprinkle raita with a pinch of chaat masala powder or chili powder or cayenne pepper before serving. Serve mint raita immediately or you can refrigerate and serve it chilled.

Notes

Fresh Mint leaves

As mentioned above use fresh, tender mint leaves for best flavor. If you don’t have fresh leaves you can use dried crushed mint leaves or even mint powder. Add 1 tablespoon dried leaves or powder.

Roasted Cumin Powder

Jeera powder or roasted cumin powder adds a wonderful flavor to this raita. I have used homemade cumin power which comes handy in many Indian chaat recipes, raita recipes and snacks.

If you don’t have cumin powder you can dry roast 1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds and grind along with mint leaves.

Yogurt

Use fresh yogurt for best tasting raita. If the yogurt is old or sour it will spoil the taste of raita. The curd should be thick else the raita will turn watery.

For vegan version you can use any plant based yogurt like cashew yogurt.

Storage

This mint raita tastes good only within few hours of making. You can store it for maximum a day.

Scaling Up

The recipe can be doubled or tripled.

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