ONION TOMATO CUCUMBER YOGHURT( DAHI) RAITA | MIX VEGETABLE INDIAN PACHADI

 This raita or pachadi is simple and delicious and is spiced simply with roasted cumin seeds. It is a cool and refreshing summer time recipe. Raitas are best eaten immediately but will keep up to 2 days in fridge. They are best side dish with chicken biryani , vegetable pulao, 
 corn pulao ,aloo paratha ,egg biryani .

Ingredients :
1 1/2 cup yogurt (dahi)
1/2 cucumber (Kheera) chopped
1/2 medium sized Onion, chopped
1/2 medium sized tomato chopped
2 table-spoon mint leaves, finely chopped (Pudina)
1/2 tspn roasted ground cumin (Jeera)
1 green chilly, finely chopped
1/4 tspn black pepper (Kali mirch)
1/4 tspn red chillies powder (lal mirch)
1/4 tspn chat masala
10-15 fresh coriander leaves
3/4 cup water
Salt as per taste

Method :
 
 1.Peel the cucumber and chop it into small pieces (cubes).
 2.Take a medium sized bowl and add yogurt to it. Mash it with a blender  until it gets smooth. Add water and remaining ingredients except cucumber,  onion, tomato and again mix them well.
 3.Now add cucumber,  onion, tomato to it and mix it again.  Refrigerate vegetable raita for 1/2 hour .
 4.Before serving, garnish vegetable raita with finely chopped coriander leaves and serve chilled.


Tip  :
You can even add chopped beetroot, carrot,simla mirchi (green bell pepper),corn kernels to above raita