Dry Fruit Raita Recipe

This sweet and salty dry fruit raita is loaded with the goodness of dry fruits and nuts. It will be a good addition to your festive or special meals. Here is how to make it.

Course: Accompaniment

Cuisine: Indian

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 15 minutes

Servings: people

Calories: 354kcal

Author: Neha Mathur

This sweet and salty dry fruit raita is loaded with the goodness of dry fruits and nuts. It will be a good addition to your festive or special meals. Here is how to make it.

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Ingredients

2 cups plain yogurt
¼ cup heavy cream
2 teaspoons sugar
½ teaspoon black salt
regular salt to taste
½ teaspoon roasted cumin powder
2 tablespoons ghee
1 tablespoons crushed cashew nuts
1 tablespoons crushed almonds
1 tablespoons chironji
1 tablespoons crushed walnuts
1 tablespoons crushed unsalted pistachio
1 tablespoons raisins
mint leaves for garnishing

Instructions

Whisk yogurt, cream, sugar, black salt, regular salt, and roasted cumin powder in a medium-size mixing bowl using a wire whisk until sugar is dissolved and yogurt is creamy. Set aside.
Heat ghee in a small skillet over medium-high heat.
When the ghee is hot, add crushed almonds, cashew nuts, chironji, walnut, and pistachios and fry until slightly browned (1-2 minutes).
Add raisins and fry until they plump up (20-30 seconds).
Pour the fried dry fruits and nuts along with the ghee over the yogurt and mix well. Save some of the fried dry fruits to garnish the raita later. If the raita is too thick, you can thin it down with some water or milk.
Chill for a few hours. Garnish with fresh mint and serve.

Notes

Always use whole milk (full-fat) yogurt for that perfect creamy texture.

Chironji is a seed used in Indian cooking. If it is not available, you can skip it.

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