Mooli Raita Recipe:
Today I am going to share the Radish(Mooli) Raita recipe. Radish is known in Indian languages as muli /mooli (Hindi), mula(Marathi), and mulangi (Kannada). Raita is a side dish made with yoghurt often served with rice, and chapattis. Mooli ka Raita is generally prepared in northern parts of India, especially Kashmir. this is a tasty, healthy, very cooling and easy-to-prepare Indian yoghurt side dish. Mooli Ka Raita is a mixture of spiced yoghurt and grated radish.
This simple radish raita has many health benefits too.
Radish is rich in minerals carotenes, calcium, Vitamin C and antioxidants. Radish is also rich in natural fibre and low-calorie vegetables, that why it is very effective in piles and constipation treatment.
Mooli is very good for the liver and stomach. Radish is also a good detoxifier and also helps in the absorption of sugar. So radish contains a lot of health benefits. That’s why we need to incorporate this into our daily diet.
Radish Raita is not only very healthy, but it is a Quick and easy Raita recipe. It would take you just a few minutes to make this raita.
Raita is an Indian side dish made with yoghurt and some spices. It is often served along with spicy meals.
Raita is a healthy, soothing, cooling dish that can be made into several varieties, depending upon the raita recipe you are making.
This tasty Radish raita with grated radish and plain yoghurt makes a delicious cooling combination to any Indian meal. Mooli Raita is a simple yet flavourful Indian yoghurt-based dish, where Yogurt is whisked until smooth and then mixed with grated cooked or raw radish, salt, black salt, chopped green chilli and roasted cumin powder.
For Roasted cumin powder, dry roast the cumin seeds when they get a nice golden brown colour. Let them cool down, and using a spice grinder or mortar and pestle grind them into a powder.
How to make Mooli Raita
Ingredient For Mooli Raita:
- Plain yoghurt: I am using fresh homemade curd in this recipe. Feel free to use greek yoghurt as well.
- If yoghurt is too thick, You can add water in that case.
- Radish: Always use soft and tender radishes.
- .Roasted cumin powder: Roasted cumin gives a nice flavour and aroma to the raita.
- Spice(optional): You can add some finely chopped green chilli or red chilli powder as per taste.
- Salt: You can use Rock or sea salt as per required.
- Black salt(optional): It’s an optional ingredient you can skip it. black salt adds a nice flavour to the raita.
- Topping: Garnish with finely chopped mint or coriander leaves as per choice.
Step By Step Photo Direction
Washed, peeled, grated and squeezed Radish.
Beat the yoghurt to get a smooth consistency.
Add all the ingredients Radish.
Add salt, green chilli, red chilli, cumin powder and coriander leaves to the beaten curd.
Mix all the ingredients in a bowl and whisk well.
serve chilled.
Optional step (If you want to temper):
Tempering:
Heat a tablespoon of oil in a small seasoning pan (tadka pan),
Add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, curry leaves, asafoetida and dry red chilli.
Finally, pour over the prepared raita and serve immediately.
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Suggestions
Serving Ideas:
Serve fresh mooli raita as a side dish with your everyday meals, plain paratha or any stuffed paratha of your choice, such as Aloo Ka Paratha, Palak Paratha, mooli ka paratha etc. It also tastes delicious with Biryani. I prefer to serve this mooli ka raita with Pulao, Tomato bath or an Indian flatbread.
Suggestion Notes:
- Vegan Raita: Replace the dairy curd with the non-dairy curd.
- Serving: Always use chilled curd to make raita to serve it right away. Or make raita a few hours earlier and chill in the refrigerator before serving.
- Storage: This Radish raita can be stored in the refrigerator in an airtight container for overnight or up to 8-10 hours. After that, it will not taste so fresh.
- The plain yoghurt (curds) should be fresh and sweet. Make sure it is not sour.
- If the raita is too thick, thin it down with some chilled water.
- I have added grated radish to this raita recipe, but you can also finely chop or thinly slice your radishes.
- If you like sweet raita, then feel free to add a teaspoon of sugar powder or raw sugar to make this radish (mooli) raita slightly sweet.
- Keep the raitha in the fridge if you are planning to serve it later. If left outside, it can get sour.
Variations:
Onion or Cucumber: You can make an Onion Radish Raita or Cucumber Radish Raita – use less Reddish and makeup with raw grated or chopped onion or cucumber.
Chopped Radish Raita: You can chop the Redish into chunks rather than grate it if you prefer a chunky texture to your Mooli raita. If you don’t want to grate Radish, you can finely chop the Radish(Mooli).
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Mooli(Radish) Raita
Materials
- 2 cup yoghurt/ curd chilled
- 1.5 cup Readish/ Mooli Peeled, grated and squeezed
- 1 teaspoon Cumin Powder roasted
- 1/2 teaspoon Green chilli(optional) chopped
- 1 tablespoon Coriander leaves/ mint chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon Red chilli powder(optional)
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Wash, peel and grate the radish.
- In another bowl beat the yoghurt to get a smooth consistency.
- Squeeze out all the water from the grated radish and keep it aside in a bowl.
- Add grated radish, salt red chilli, green chilli, cumin powder and coriander leaves in beaten yoghurt and mix well.
- Keep it aside for at least 30 min in the freezer.
- Garnish the raita with the coriander leaves.
- serve cold.
Notes
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The recipe came really well and my hubby liked it a lot. I added little bit of sugar. Thank you for the recipe.
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