Cucumber-tomato Raita

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 cucumber (deseeded and shredded)
• 1 onion (finely diced)
• 1 -2 clove garlic
• 1 tomato (roma work well, diced)
• 2 cups yoghurt
• salt, to taste
• 2 teaspoons roasted cumin seeds

Recipe

• 1 strain yoghurt of excess water for approximately 1 hour.
• 2 peel and deseed cucumber.
• 3 salt the cucumber and leave aside for 15 minutes.
• 4 drain excess water and dice finely.
• 5 deseed tomato and dice finely.
• 6 finely dice onions or, optionally, crush garlic cloves.
• 7 mix all of the above with the yoghurt.
• 8 roast cumin seeds until brown and add to the raita.
• 9 serve chilled, preferably leave in the fridge for a couple of hours for the ingredients to blend.