How to make Aloo ka Raita  

Potato pieces and pomegranate pearls add taste, texture and colour to this raita.

Recipe

Hindi: AlooWhy is it that when you are stuck at “what should we cook today” the answer is always “make some aloo!” Potatoes are like this…extremely popular and have multipurpose usage.And did you always think that eating a potato will make you fat?
Well, don’t – it is a surprising source of vitamin C and provides useful amounts of starch, thiamine and niacin and around a hundred grams will provide about eighty calories.
Little did you know! 

Prep Time : 6-10 minutes

Cook time : 0-5 minutes

Serve : 4

Level Of Cooking : Easy

Taste : Mild

Ingredients for Aloo ka Raita Recipe

• Potatoes 2 large
• Pomegranate pearls 2 tablespoons
• Fresh coriander leaves a few sprigs
• Cumin seeds 1 teaspoon
• Yogurt 2 cups
• Salt to taste
• Pepper powder 1/4 teaspoon
• Red chilli powder 1/4 teaspoon

Method

Step 1

Boil, cool, peel and cut potatoes into half centimeter sized pieces. Clean, wash and chop coriander leaves. Dry roast cumin seeds and grind to a powder.

Step 2

Whisk yogurt till smooth. Add salt, pepper powder, half the roasted cumin seed powder and half the chopped coriander leaves.

Step 3

Add potato pieces and Anardana seeds and mix well.

Step 4

Garnish with the remaining roasted cumin seed powder, coriander leaves and red chilli powder and serve chilled.

Nutrition Info

Calories : 261 Kcal

Carbohydrates : 57.7 gm

Protein : 5.3 gm

Fat : 1.2 gm

Other : Zinc- 1.5mg