How to make Makhane Ka Raita -

Exotic accompaniment to a meal made from lotus seeds soaked in milk and mixed with flavored curd.

Sanjeev Kapoor

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Main Ingredients : Lotus seeds puffed, Yogurt (दही)

Cuisine : Punjabi

Course : Raitas


Makhane Ka Raita

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Punjabi food is wholesome and full of rustic flavour. The custom of cooking in community ovens or tandoors prevails in rural pockets even today. The cuisine is characterised by a profusion of dairy products in the form of malai, paneer and dahi. The dals are a speciality of this type of cuisine, made of whole pulses like black gram, green gram and Bengal gram.  They are cooked on slow fire, often simmered for hours till they turn creamy and then flavoured with spices and rounded off with malai for that rich finish. The food is simply delicious.
The most unique thing about cooking in a tandoor is the smoky flavour that the food gets making it tastier. Moreover it is a healthy way of cooking since minimum fat is required and the food generally gets cooked in its own juices thus retaining its natural flavours. Besides it is not only easy to digest, it is also very hygienic.  In conclusion one can safely say that it is through tandoori cooking that Indian cuisine first got globally acknowledged.

Prep Time : 26-30 minutes

Cook time : 16-20 minutes

Serve : 4

Level Of Cooking : Easy

Taste : Sour

Ingredients for Makhane Ka Raita Recipe

  • Lotus seeds puffed 50 grams

  • Yogurt 3 cups

  • Milk 2 cups

  • Fresh cream 1/2 cup

  • Ghee 3 tablespoons

  • Sunflower seeds (charoli/chironji) 2 tablespoons

  • Raisins 1 tablespoon

  • Salt to taste

  • Sugar 2 teaspoon

Method

Step 1

Remove the hard black flakes from makhane.Boil makhane in milk till soft. Drain milk and keep aside.Wash and pat dry raisins.

Step 2

Heat ghee in a kadai and fry the raisins and chironji. Drain.Beat together yogurt and fresh cream. Sieve it through a muslin cloth.Mix all the ingredients.

Step 3

Serve chilled.

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