Pineapple Raita
Pineapple Raita or Ananas Raita - is an absolutely yummy Indian Raita Recipe of pineapple in yogurt and spices. this raita is midly spicy, sweet and tangy yogurt based dip served as side dish to main course dishes or Indian curries, biryani or pulao.
Servings: 3 servings
Calories: 177kcal
Ingredients
To make paste
- ½ cup pineapple chunks fresh or canned
- ¼ cup coriander leaves
- 2 tablespoons mint leaves
- 1– 2 green chilies
- ¾ teaspoon cumin seeds
To prepare pineapple raita recipe
- 1 cup curd
- ¼ teaspoon chaat masala
- ½ teaspoon black salt or regular salt
- Juice of ½ lemon
- ¼ cup water
- ½ cup pineapple chunks fresh or canned
For Tadka
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 3– 4 red chilies whole
Instructions
- To begin with, first, add all the ingredients into a blender, that is mentioned under to make paste.
- Then, blend it well into a fine paste.
- Once the paste is ready, take yogurt in a large bowl, add chaat masala, black salt, water and mix.
- Then, add ground pineapple chutney paste into it and mix well.
- Now, pineapple chunks and mix well, and then keep it aside
- To make tadka, heat oil in a small pan. Once the oil heats up, add cumin seeds and allow it to crackle. Then add whole red chilies and fry for another few seconds
- Finally, pour the tadka over the pineapple raita and chill for few hours, Serve.
Notes
Usually, fresh pineapple chunks turns bitter when left in yogurt or milk for long hours. So, the best way to avoid bitterness of fresh pineapple in raita is to refrigerate whisked yogurt, pineapple chunks and pineapple masala paste seperately until ready to serve. When, you are about to serve it, just mix everything, pour the tadka and serve immediately. This way you will always avoid the pineapple turning bitter in yogurt. However, canned pineapple chunks always works best to make raita as they are heated and then preserved, Heating them knock down the enzyme responsible for turning it bitter. Hence canned pineapple raita never turns bitter when made in advance also.
So, you can go on ahead with making pineapple raita using canned pineapple.
Nutrition
Calories: 177kcal | Carbohydrates: 44g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 9g | Sodium: 556mg | Potassium: 602mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 34g | Vitamin A: 1325IU | Vitamin C: 175.4mg | Calcium: 167mg | Iron: 3.5mg