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Fruit Raita Recipe: Mixed Fruit Raita is one of the healthy, quick, easy and yummy yoghurt dips. Prepared by mixing yoghurt with fresh fruits like apples, pineapple, pomegranates, bananas etc. Fruit Raita is quick and easy to make the dip, which gets ready within fifteen minutes. Go easy and add any fruit of your choice to yoghurt with a few spices like black salt, cumin powder, and sugar. Making the fruit raita is highly customizable; you can add your choice of fruits, preferred sweetener, and spices as per your choice. What Is Fruit Raita? Fruit Raita is a healthy and delicious accompaniment prepared by soothing yoghurt with all the sweetness, sourness and crunch of diced fresh fruits like apples, pineapple, pomegranate etc. How to make Fruit Raita: Ingredient: Curd: You can use cold or chilled dairy or vegan, low-fat, full-fat, or Greek yoghurt as per your choice. I have used Homemade Yogurt with full-fat milk for this recipe.If you like: low-fat raita: use low-fat yoghurt.For creamy texture raita: use full-fat yoghurt.For thick fruit raita: use Greek or hung yoghurt to make this raita. Fruits: We can add a variety of fruits to this raita. However, use sweet and ripe fruits for their natural sweetness. I have added, Pomegranate, apple and banana to this raita. You can also add more delicious and flavorful fruit to the raita, like grapes, Pineapple etc. Sugar: Sugar: I have added raw sugar. You can also use white sugar, cane sugar, or natural sweeteners like honey or maple syrup.If you do not like sugar, you can skip it, and your mixed fruit raita will still be delicious with naturally sweetened fruits. Salt and Cumin Powder: Salt adds a pleasant contrast to the fruit raita. However, add only a little to enhance the raita flavour. We can also add black salt and Roasted cumin powder for a more earthy flavour. For more flavour options, you can add chat masala, amchur powder, red chilli powder etc. Method: In a bowl, whisk the yoghurt (curd) till smooth. Use the curd that is fresh and it should not be sour tasting. Add sugar or as required. Mix the sugar well, till it dissolves. Next add roasted cumin powder, salt, black salt, and roasted cumin powder to the curd. Stir well. Lastly add the chopped banana, apple and pomegranate arils. Mix well. You can garnish the raita with pomegranate arils or mint leaves if you like.Serve the Fruit Raita immediately or let it chill in the fridge until the time of serving. Health benefits of curd: Improves Immunity: Curd has a lot of active bacteria in it, which helps it fight against disease-causing germs. Besides that, the curd is filled with protein, vitamins, and lactobacillus, which give one's immunity a boost. Curd has probiotics which keep one's gut healthy. Healthy Digestion: Curd has beneficial bacteria which can help soothe an individual’s inflamed digestive system and treat an upset stomach. Glowing and Healthy Skin: Yoghurts/Curds have a lactic acid that acts as an exfoliator and helps shed dead skin cells. It can moisturise skin and heal dry skin naturally. Consuming curd regularly can add glow and shine to one’s skin and hair. Healthy Heart: Curd reduces cholesterol levels, lowering hypertension and the risk of high blood pressure. It keeps the heart healthy and lively by balancing cholesterol levels. Control in Blood Sugar Levels: The easily digestible protein and live yoghurt culture in curd control Blood sugar levels. Greek yoghurt is well known for reducing the risk of heart disease and controlling blood sugar in people with diabetes. Provides Energy Curd is rich in vitamins and minerals, so curd serves as an energy booster since it. Moreover, curd also works as an antioxidant and aids in fast recovery after an intense workout. Bone and Teeth Health: Curd provides a substantial amount of calcium to the body, and regular consumption of it helps the development of strong bones and teeth. It also helps to prevent arthritis and other bone-related issues. Suggestion Notes: Serving suggestions: Serve with pulao, biryani or any other rice dish. We can serve Fruit Raita as a side dish with the main course. This Raita is good to have as a healthy yoghurt snack as well. You can garnish the raita with mint leaves or coriander leaves. You can use Rock salt instead of regular salt in this raita for a fasting day. Notes: For the Fruit Raita recipe, ensure to use fresh curd that is not sour. You can also use black salt. Do adjust the spices as per your taste. You can also add red chilli powder or chopped green chilli if you like the spicy touch of raita. Make a vegan recipe by using vegan yoghurt instead of dairy yoghurt. Use only sweet fruit if possible; adding sour fruits will make the data very tart. With fresh fruits, you can also add dried fruits like raisins or dried cranberries. For more raita recipes from this blog you might like please check: pomagranate aloo raitaMango RaitaAloo Anar Ka RaitaBanana Raitakheere ka rai wala raita 🧾Recipe Card Fruit Raita Recipe 1-2 teaspoon mint leaves chopped1 teaspoon Cumin powder (Roasted)2 cups YogurtSalt to taste1 teaspoon sugar1/4 teaspoon blacksalt (optional)1/2 cup Fresh cream (optional)1 green chilli chopped (optional)1 mediun -small Pomegranate: (sliced and the arils removed.)1 small- medium Apple: (peeled, cored and chopped.)1 Banana: ( peeled and chopped.) PreprationWash, peel and chopped the fruits.Wash and chopped the mint leaves.Dry roast the cumin seeds and powder.Method:In a bowl, whisk the yoghurt (curd) till smooth. Always use fresh curd must not be sour.Add sugar as required. Mix well till it dissolves.Next, add roasted cumin powder, salt, red chilli powder and black salt. Stir well.Finally, add fruits of your choice, chopped banana, apple and pomegranate arils to the whisked curd. Mix well. You can garnish the raita with pomegranate arils or mint leaves if you like.Serve the fruit raita immediately. Suggestion: You can adjust the thickness according to your taste. Raita(Yogurt Dip), Side DishIndianVegan, Vegetarianmix fruit raita, raita, Do you Love this recipe? Click here to leave a review and give us a rating ★★★★ Enjoy!

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