Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, smoky pumpkin raita. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Smoky Pumpkin Raita is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Smoky Pumpkin Raita is something that I have loved my entire life.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have smoky pumpkin raita using 11 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Smoky Pumpkin Raita:
- Get 150 grams Pumpkin (Yellow), washed, peeled and grated
- Get 2 cups fresh Yoghurt
- Prepare 1/2 teaspoon Red chilli powder
- Get 1/4 teaspoon black salt
- Prepare 1/2 teaspoon chaat masala
- Get 1/2 teaspoon roasted Cumin powder
- Take 1 Green Chilli, finely chopped
- Prepare 1 tablespoon Coriander leaves chopped
- Get 1/2 teaspoon Salt or to taste
- Take 1/2 teaspoon butter
- Get 1 piece charcoal
Instructions to make Smoky Pumpkin Raita:
- Firstly cook or par boil the grated pumpkin in half a glass of water in a pan to which 1/4th teaspoon of salt has been added.
- Cook just for 2-3 minutes and transfer to a strainer and collect the juice which can be used in any other gravy dishes.
- Allow it to cool completely
- Mean while, whisk the yoghurt in a bowl along with the salt, red chilli powder, black salt, roasted cumin powder, chaat masala, green chillies and coriander leaves.
- Finally stir in the cooked pumpkin into the yoghurt mixture, and adjust the seasonings according to your taste.
- For the smoky flavour - Place the red hot charcoal in the small bowl and keep it carefully in the centre of the bowl of raita
- Add a few drops of butter on the charcoal, the charcoal would begin to smoke.
- Immediately cover the raita with a big plate so that the smoke is not able to escape and gets infused with the raita.
- Finally garnish the Pumpkin Raita with more coriander leaves, red chilli powder and cumin powder.
- Serve creamy delicious pumpkin raita with Phulkas or paranthas for a lunch or dinner.
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