Perugu Pachadi / Onion Raita

Monday, January 5, 2009

This is made with yogurt by adding various vegetables and usually eaten with any variety rice like vegetable biriyani/pulav, lemon rice, tomato rice and also with chapathi/Roti. It can also be considered healthy salad

Various vegetables you can use are : Onion, Radish, cucumber, carrots, bell peppers, tomatoes etc

Ingredients

1/2 cup Onions chopped
1 cup cucumber chopped
1/4 cup carrot chopped (optional)
1/4 cup tomatoes chopped (optional)
2 to 3 green chillies made into paste
2 cups of Yogurt
1/4 cup water
salt to taste

for tempering

1 tsp oil
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
curry leaves

coriander leaves for garnishing

Method

Mix all the ingredients and check teh salt. You don't have to add water if you like a thick pachadi/Raita. Splutter mustard seeds in oil add curry leaves and add to this mixture. Serve cold with any variety rice / Chapathi or you can eat as it is like a salad.

Notes:

1) You don't even have to add the rempering ingredients if you want to avoid oil.
2) I found Raita masala in indian stores and add this which gives very nice flavor. It is a powder of some indian spices.