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    Home » Raita » Cucumber Tomato Raita

    Cucumber Tomato Raita

    Published: May 10, 2020 · Modified: Jul 26, 2020 by Bhawana ·

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    Cucumber Tomato Raita Recipe - Learn how to make this yogurt-based accompaniment using vegetables like cucumber & tomato in just 10 minutes.

    It helps in balancing the flavors in biryani or pulao and goes well with paratha, curries, or vegetable dishes.

    Raita is served in grey bowl, garnished with chopped cucumber,tomato & coriander.
    Indian Raita

    Consuming yogurt is very healthy as it helps in cooling and digestion. Raita is often prepared in the summertime and a kind of Indian salad of yogurt & vegetables.

    A great side dish for peas pulao, biryani, OR paratha recipes like ajwain paratha, chana dal paratha, or Zucchini paratha,

    It also makes a great accompaniment with aloo gobi ki sabji, aloo matar, and aloo gobi with methi leaves.

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    • 1 Why you will love this recipe
    • 2 Ingredients
    • 3 How to make cucumber tomato raita
    • 4 Variations
    • 5 Serving suggestions
    • 6 Storing suggestions
    • 7 Tips & FAQ's
    • 8 Cucumber Tomato Raita

    What is raita- Raita is nothing but a yogurt-based dip or side dish. Using yogurt as a base and vegetables like carrot, bottlegourd, potato, capsicum, beetroot, cucumber, onion & tomato, Indian raita is so flavorful.

    Tomato and cucumber raita is so quick and easy to make.

    Why you will love this recipe

    Indian raitas make a perfect side dish especially with spicy meals to balance the spiciness. This raita is so easy to make with pantry available ingredients.

    This raita is

    • easy & quick to prepare
    • needs only 5 ingredients
    • paired well any meals especially rice recipes
    • light on stomach
    • helps in cooling in summer
    • curing digestive issues

    You can make any vegetable Indian raita if you have a basic raita recipe. Having said that my go-to basic raita recipe is very simple, 1 cup thick curd or Greek yogurt, ½ cup water, ½ teaspoon roasted cumin powder, and salt as per taste.

    Just add any vegetable and sprinkle roasted cumin powder or chat masala as per your taste. Raita adds a variety of meal planning. Check here some more raita recipes for biryani.

    Ingredients

    Ingredients of raita kept in glass bowls over wooden board.
    Ingredients of cucumber tomato raita

    Please refer recipe card with all measurements of the ingredients.

    • Curd or Yogurt- You can use plain curd for this recipe. I am using greek yogurt to make raita. You can make it with homemade curd as well.
    • Spices- salt as per taste and roasted cumin seed powder. Do not skip roasted cumin seed powder, it makes yogurt so flavorful.
    • Vegetables- chopped cucumber, chopped tomato. I am using an English cucumber in this recipe.
    • Chili- green chili chopped finely (optional)
    • Garnishing- chopped green coriander

    How to make cucumber tomato raita

    Vegetable raitas are quick to make. Just add everything in a mixing bowl and adjust spices. That's all you need to do.

    1. First of all, whisk the yogurt and water in a mixing bowl. This will make yogurt creamy and smooth.whisking greek yogurt with water. Other ingredients are kept around.
    2. Now add chopped tomato, cucumber, roasted cumin powder, and salt as per taste.cucumber, tomato, cumin powder and salt are mixed in whisked yogurt.
    3. Mix everything together and keep it in the fridge for 30 min.mixing everything together in glass bowl.
    4. Garnish with green coriander before serving.

    Variations

    This is the simplest raita where you can easily do modification by adding or eliminating any ingredient.

    1. Cucumber Raita- Just use cucumber only to make creamy cucumber raita.
    2. Tomato raita- Using only tomato leads to lip-smacking tomato raita.
    3. Tomato onion cucumber raita- Add ½ cup of sliced onion to make another variation of yummy raita.
    4. Onion Raita- Just replace cucumber & tomato with sliced onion to make onion raita.

    Serving suggestions

    Yogurt or curd tastes great when chilled. Always keep raita in the fridge minimum for 30 min before serving.

    This is best while serving with rice-based dishes like biryani and peas pulao(mater pulao).

    Cucumber and tomato raita goes well with achari dahi bhindi (pickled okra with curd), Malabar parotta, Mint Paratha, achari besan paratha, & methi chi bhaji (yellow lentil with fenugreek leaves).

    Having said that pairing with stuff parathas like chana dal paratha, ajwain paratha, or zucchini flatbread also goes well. You can check the Indian Paratha recipes here.

    Storing suggestions

    How you can store raita depend on the duration. Normally kept for 30 min before serving, but you can keep it for 24 hrs in the fridge.

    • Fridge: you can store in the fridge for 24 hours. However not recommended. Tomato spoils the taste if kept for a longer duration. But otherwise, you can always make ahead, and keep in the fridge without adding salt.
    • Refrigerate: Raita recipes are not for freezing.

    Tips & FAQ's

    Being the simplest version of raita, still there are few things to take care of.

    • Use thick curd or greek yogurt to make creamy raita.
    • Adjust thickness by adding water.
    • If the curd is sour then replace water with the same amount of milk.
    • Use seedless cucumber. If not available then feel free to remove seeds from any available variety, if any.
    • Deseed tomato before adding in raita.
    • Serve chilled and fresh to get the best flavors of cucumber & tomato.
    How long you can keep this raita?

    It is best to consume fresh, but you can mix all the ingredients except salt and keep in the fridge for 1 day. Keeping for more then 1 days makes raita taste bitter.

    what goes well with raita

    This raita is best served with rice meals like vegetable biryani, dum biryani, green peas pulao. A great side dish with chole masala and aloo mater. Serve with carom seed flatbread, pudina paratha, onion capsicum paratha, spring onion paratha, carrot paratha.

    In India, raita is one of the quick side dishes which goes very well with roti or paratha recipes and with rice one-pot meals. See below some more raita recipes.

    • Mango Raita
    • Boondi raita
    • Potato Raita
    • Apple raita
    • Bottlegourd raita
    • Carrot raita

    You can also check Indian bread recipes and choose which to make along with this yummy raita.

    There are some more from curry recipes which you can make.

    Also check how to make homemade yogurt & homemade ground cumin.

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    Raita is served in grey bowl and garnished with chopped tomato and cucumber.

    Cucumber Tomato Raita

    Cucumber Tomato Raita Recipe – Learn how to make this yogurt-based accompaniment using vegetables like cucumber & tomato in just 10 minutes. 
    5 from 10 votes
    Print Pin Rate
    Course: Main Course, Salad, Side Dish
    Cuisine: Indian
    Prep Time: 5 minutes
    Cook Time: 5 minutes
    Total Time: 10 minutes
    Servings: 4
    Calories: 37kcal
    Author: Bhawana

    Ingredients

    • 1 cup Greek yogurt or thick curd
    • ½ cup water
    • ½ cup cucumber
    • ½ cup tomato
    • 1 tablespoon green chili chopped finely
    • ½ teaspoon cumin seed powder
    • Salt as per taste
    • 2 tablespoon Green coriander chopped finely
    US Customary - Metric

    Instructions

    • First of all, whisk the thick curd or yogurt with water. This will make it creamy and smooth.
      whisking greek yogurt with water. Other ingredients are kept around.
    • Now add chopped tomato, cucumber, roasted cumin powder, chopped green chili and salt as per taste.
      cucumber, tomato, cumin powder and salt are mixed in whisked yogurt.
    • Mix everything together and keep it in the fridge for 30 min.
      mixing everything together in glass bowl.
    • Garnish with green coriander before serving.

    Notes

    Tips & FAQ’s
    Being the simplest version of raita, still there are few things to take care of.
    • Use thick curd or greek yogurt to make creamy raita.
    • Adjust thickness by adding water.
    • If the curd is sour then replace water with the same amount of milk.
    • Use seedless cucumber. If not available then feel free to remove seeds from any available variety, if any.
    • Deseed tomato before adding in raita.
    • Serve chilled and fresh to get the best flavors of cucumber & tomato.
     
    How long you can keep this raita?
    It is best to consume fresh, but you can mix all the ingredients except salt and keep in the fridge for 1 day. Keeping for more than 1 day makes raita taste bitter.
     
    Storing suggestions
    How you can store raita depend on the duration. Normally kept for 30 min before serving, but you can keep it for 24 hrs in the fridge.
    • Fridge: you can store in the fridge for 24 hours. However not recommended. Tomato spoils the taste if kept for a longer duration. But otherwise, you can always make ahead, and keep in the fridge without adding salt.
    • Refrigerate: Raita recipes are not for freezing.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 37kcal | Carbohydrates: 3g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 3mg | Sodium: 34mg | Potassium: 137mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 169IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 55mg | Iron: 1mg
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    Comments

    1. Pam Greer

      June 15, 2020 at 7:34 am

      5 stars
      We use this condiment on everything!! Love it on Greek pitas and even scoop some over a baked potato!

      Reply
      • Bhawana

        June 15, 2020 at 8:33 am

        yeah, in India this is a default recipe to make.

        Reply
    2. Heidy

      June 15, 2020 at 7:22 am

      5 stars
      I was pleasantly surprised by this recipe for Cucumber Tomato Raita! It was very flavorful and went well with my flatbread. I will be hanging on to this recipe for sure.

      Reply
      • Bhawana

        June 15, 2020 at 8:34 am

        Thanks, Heidy, Yeah it is our favorite too.

        Reply
    3. Angela

      June 15, 2020 at 7:09 am

      5 stars
      This Raita is so quick and easy to make when you need a side dish. It is creamy and cooling.

      Reply
    4. Taylor Kiser

      June 15, 2020 at 6:51 am

      5 stars
      So fresh and delicious!! This will be on repeat all summer long!

      Reply
    5. Farah Maizar

      June 15, 2020 at 6:34 am

      Amazing ! Just made a butter chicken recipe that this would go amazing with! Thanks for the yummy and easy raita recipe

      Reply
    6. Elaine

      May 11, 2020 at 1:13 pm

      5 stars
      I wondered how to make a raita like this, so really excited I have stumbled upon this recipe. Delicious raita that will be a great addition to my menu.

      Reply
      • Bhawana

        May 11, 2020 at 9:48 pm

        Thanks, Elaine, I am glad that you liked this raita recipe.

        Reply
    7. Michelle

      May 11, 2020 at 12:56 pm

      5 stars
      So cool and refreshing! I can't stop eating it with everything!

      Reply
    8. Monica

      May 11, 2020 at 12:50 pm

      5 stars
      Love this for a foundational and adaptable go-to! Having the ratio squared away and being able to adapt flavors and more from there is so fun and great for experimenting, which is my favorite.

      Reply
    9. Abigail Raines

      May 11, 2020 at 12:37 pm

      5 stars
      I love eating my curry with raita as it not only tempers the heat but makes everything taste fresh! So yummy!

      Reply
    10. Anita

      May 11, 2020 at 12:23 pm

      5 stars
      This is easy and delicious. Perfect whenever I serve with Indian curries. 🙂

      Reply

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