Punjab and Haryana

Bathua raita

Name: Bathua raita
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Punjabi
Ingredients: 1 bunch leaves only bathua leaves (lamb's quarters); 2 cups chilled curd (plain yogurt, natural yoghurt); 1 tsp roasted and crushed cumin seeds; a pinch red chilli powder (indian red chili powder); 1 finely chopped green chilli; 1/2 tsp black salt; Salt, to taste

Winter greens blanched and folded into cool curd with roasted cumin. Simple and earthy.

15 minTime

5 gProtein each

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Grandma's wayBoiled bathua folded into thick curd with roasted cumin.

The original

81kcal

5 gprotein

2 gfibre

15minutes

Bathua raita as Punjabi and Haryanvi homes make it in winter.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table. Grandma's way is the starting point the other versions are compared with.

Ingredients

Bathua leaves (lamb's quarters)1 bunch, leaves only

Curd (plain yogurt, natural yoghurt)2 cups, chilled

Cumin seeds1 tsp, roasted and crushed

Red chilli powder (indian red chili powder)a pinch

Green chilli1, finely chopped

Black salt½ tsp

Saltto taste

Method

4 steps

1Wash the bathua leaves well in several changes of water.
2Boil in a little water for 5 minutes, drain, cool and chop finely or blend coarse.
3Whisk the curd smooth and fold in the bathua, green chilli, black salt and salt.
4Top with roasted cumin and a pinch of chilli powder.

Serve it like this

Serve chilled in a bowl with roasted cumin and a pinch of red chilli on top.

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