Potato Raitha

 

When I was sifting through my archives I realised that I haven’t posted a single raitha recipe! Raitha is nothing but a yogurt (curd) based accompaniment to flavoured one pot rice dishes such as pulaos and biryanis. I guess I have just assumed that everyone knows to make a raitha. After all, all you need to do is whisk some yogurt and throw in some finely chopped green chillies, onions or cucumbers or tomatoes or whatever you please to make a simple raitha that will go well with any biryani or pulao of your choice, isn’t it? Well, I don’t experiment a lot with raitha recipes as I always focus on the rice dish. After slaving over it for hours who really has the time to think of an equally elaborate raitha? Not me! But recently, I came across a lovely raitha that had some coarsely mashed boiled potatoes in it and it tasted simply great!

 

This recipe was shared by my co sister Sumana and served with love when we visited her place last July. I made a mental note to take the recipe from her and forgot about it later. Just last month when I was busy gathering some veg recipes for Lent did I remember it and promptly asked her for the recipe.

 

 

This raitha goes well with anything simple. It may be too heavy if you pair it with heavy duty meat biryanis, but its your call. It tastes great with simple seasoned (tempered) rice dishes such as lemon rice or puliogre so do give it a try!