Raita from Dishoom: From Bombay with Love: Cookery Book and Highly Subjective Guide to Bombay with Map (page 124) by Shamil Thakrar and Kavi Thakrar and Naved Nasir

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Accompaniments: Chole bhature; Rajma

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  • dmdmdmmm on May 02, 2026

    Paired well with the lamb biryani. Didnt have cumin seeds on hand so I wasnt able to add the topping and I wish I did. Still pretty good.

  • eclairea on April 20, 2026

    Simple and tasty! I served this with the awadhi lamb biryani and ignored the book’s instructions to make the full portion, made half easily :)

  • Potawatomus on April 05, 2026

    This is so good! The toasted cumin seeds really aren’t skipable! They add so much!

  • Schooffiecooks on March 31, 2026

    Nice!

  • breadenthusiast on September 22, 2025

    I've tried various raita recipes over the year but this is my favourite so far. It only takes a bit more effort (deseeding the tomato, roasting the cumin seeds), but it's just a bit more special. I also loved the tomatoes added to it, works very well!

  • pinchvsdash on August 24, 2025

    This is a delicious raita recipe. The ingredient amounts specified for the additions to the yogurt - the salt, sugar, tomato, cucumber, onion, chilies, fresh herbs, toasted cumin are perfect. I recommend following the recipe reasonably precisely, so you don't undo the balance. (It would be easy to overdo, because the amounts don't seem much while you're prepping). The only thing to watch out for is the consistency of the yogurt. The recipe calls for adding water to Greek-style yogurt. However, this assumes your starting yogurt is super-thick/almost solid. This is not always the case with Greek-style yogurt, so if your starting yogurt is loose in consistency, skip adding the water.

  • aimeekitty on March 26, 2025

    very refreshing. Would make again.

  • bernalgirl on September 06, 2024

    A great raita, dense with finely chopped vegetables and rich with the finishing cumin.

  • Astrid5555 on January 09, 2023

    A keeper!

  • SheilaS on October 14, 2021

    Excellent raita. Nice flavors from the vegetables and a little crunch from the toasted cumin sprinkled over top. Will definitely make again.

  • etcjm on April 08, 2021

    Made to eat with the chicken biryani. I don't think I've added tomato to a raita before, but it worked. Nearly burnt the fried onions for the biryani while deseeding the tomatoes though - if they had burnt, this might have had a different review! It tasted a bit salty before putting into the fridge to sit - but it did brew as per the instructions. 2 comments at the table as to whether this was a new raita and it was nice - so it might be a keeper. I'll be honest, I hardly had any because the biryani was so good, it didn't need it.

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